Has any president been quite like Trump?

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The Ugly Truth

Now please before you choose to string me up, allow me to tell you that I used that picture only because it was the quickest I could find. While I do think that they share certain qualities, they were not that much alike that I could place them as the same people. Although to be fair, I wouldn't do that with anyone it is not a fair assumption. Also I know that our country is an extremely divided nation, as is the world at large. Why is that considering that there are times I look and think to myself that these things should not be new to my generation. Older generations would also do well to remember the times that we have endured in the past. So please, if you want to read on I would appreciate the chance to lay out the point of view that I believe, but if you don't I will also wish you well and bid you farewell.

Now there are some that will be offended at this, but such is the burden of truth. Donald Trump, he can not be easily described because of the many sides that he shows. I think that he is an arrogant man that speaks whatever is on his mind at any given time. He holds no real loyalties because he thinks that he is smarter than the average person, and in doing so feels that others are out to get him over the smallest of insults. He is known for the people that he knows, but has no real friends. That is the best that I can sum up the man, but now that I am looking at what I wrote I realize these are the reasons that I voted for him. In truth we needed a strong will, and someone who didn't mind slinging mud so long as the job was finished. How shocked would you be if I could name another president that although had more qualifications was also like the man in office now?

John Adams
John Adams

John Adams 2nd President of the United States

John Adams was in more ways like the current president than historians would be willing to admit. While it would be hard to know the man on a personal level, it would seem that the behavior that we associate with the current president is not anything new at all. On top of Mr. Adams ability to put people down and the witty spirit he used to throw jabs at allies and foes alike, he was a very combative commander in chief that at most times would stand alone on his policies because his own cabinet did not agree.


Now although those are but a few similar traits I would like to move on in the interest of time and attention span. It does go to show that while we are continually either impressed or disgusted with the current administration, the struggle has been going on for many years.

James Monroe
James Monroe

James Monroe

If there was any man that may have beat the current president in terms of temper and tantrums, this man surely would be the rival. James Monroe, while being the 5th president of the USA has been known to be a true beast of anger at times. Two more memorable outbursts would be when he got into an argument with William H Crawford, the treasury of state, and in the end chased him from the room with a pair of hot fireplace tongs. Of course there was the time that he almost dueled Alexander Hamiltion had not a mutual friend settled the argument.

So as it seems there is no lack of presidents that have had the same issues that we today abhor. But as I have said the truth of the world is that we are doomed to repeat the past if for no other reason that we refuse to learn from it. But I will move on to some men that my generation has seen, or have heard of.

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John F Kennedy

Now I know that there are some of you that are up in arms over this, I will be blunt. I said I would appreciate it if you read this, I did not now or ever break an arm to get you here. The truth of this comparison is simple. John F Kennedy as well as Donald Trump have made the stock markets rise on a constant basis, that is until they either made demands of another nation, or in the present case compromised with the other side in order to get further ahead. At which point, for both men, the rise on stock prices began to dip for a bit.

Which brings me to the last president which, in fact, does relate to the picture on the front of this take.

Has any president been quite like Trump?

Ronald Reagan

Now some will scoff, and some will not. I was too young to actually be involved in politics at the time, but if you are my age, you may remember all the times that we had drills in the school in case of a missle launch. Not that I think hiding under a desk was much protection, but remember them I do. You see there are things that most people have lost to history, as for modern times this president has indeed set the standard of the Republican party. He has told people like it is, even when they didn't fully understand that he was taking a shot at them at their expense. Now I will not go so far to say that he is similar enough to Trump to actually place him there, but he does remind me of the reasons that I voted the way that I did.

So What HAVE They Done?

Here are but a small list of the achievements of the presidents listed above:

John Adams

He successfully defended British soldiers involved in the Boston Massacre. ...
He played a prominent role in igniting the American Revolution. ...
He was a leading member of the Continental Congress.

Adams played a principal role in administering the American Revolutionary War.

James Monroe

He participated in the Battle of Trenton during the American Revolution. ...
Monroe served as U.S. Minister to France from 1794 to 1796. ...
He served as Secretary of State and Secretary of War under President James Madison. ...
James Monroe served as the fifth President of the United States.

John F Kennedy

He was awarded the Navy and Marine Corps Medal for heroism during World War II. ...

John F. Kennedy is the youngest ever elected President of the United States. ...
He took the U.S. economy out of recession through his reforms. ...
He established the Peace Corps in 1961.

Ronald Reagan

Conquering the Cold War: ...
Strategic Defense Initiative: ...
A New Vision of the GOP: ...
American Values: ...

Now I am not going to put The President's out here, but for selfish reasons, I don't think that it matters to most what the man accomplishes. I think I would find what I know, that there are people who will always overlook the good in order to find the bad. I will though leave a link for you, that way if you ever decide to look at the things he HAS done and not the things that people say he has, you have the information available.

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