Trump shares personal ranking of U.S. presidents on Truth Social
Donald Trump posted his own hierarchy of former U.S. presidents, naming himself the greatest and categorizing others from great to failures.
Donald Trump used his Truth Social platform to publish a personal ranking of former American presidents, crowning himself as the greatest. He grouped Abraham Lincoln, George Washington, Franklin D. Roosevelt, Woodrow Wilson, Thomas Jefferson and Andrew Jackson under a "Great" label, while placing Theodore Roosevelt in a lower category and Bill Clinton as "Average". Calvin Coolidge appeared on a "Below Average" tier, and Barack Obama, Joe Biden, Jimmy Carter, Ulysses S. Grant and Warren Harding were listed as "Failures".
Notably, the list omitted presidents such as John F. Kennedy, Ronald Reagan, Richard Nixon and several others. The ranking follows Trump's recent use of AI-generated images that pair him with historic leaders, and it contrasts with a White House plaque that honors all past presidents regardless of his social-media hierarchy.
Why it matters
The ranking reveals how a former president uses social media to reshape historical narratives and influence public perception.
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