Who do you think is your country's greatest leader?

[Julie4]

[RavVid]

We have occasionally have had a good politician who became beloved but for sheer number of things named after him, it has to be Sir John Monash.

In WW1 his planning of the Battle of Le Hamel was a master piece. He planned it at 90 minute and it took 93 minutes. He wasn't the first to think of combined arms but he was the first par excellent exploiter of it to the degree his technique was printed up and distributed to all the Commonwealth commanders.

He used pyschology and deception. Rather than massive shelling he prepared the Germans to scramble for their gas mask by introducing colored smoke shells when using gas shells. Artillery was mostly for disguising the noisy tanks that were driving up, as were low flying airplanes. He wanted to borrow US troops so he set 4th of July as the battle date which made it difficult for Pershing to refuse as he was incline. The first Aussie-Yank operation.

Oh and the King drove out to knight him on the battle field - the first commander so honored in 200 years. It is funny because he mucks up when being knighted.

His troops knew he was careful with their lives - during Hamel he delivered hot food to the troops at the front.

At Montbrehain, to win was sufficiently important to be callous so he was. Australia was out of the fight after that battle with heavy losses. It was an all volunteer force so losses were difficult to replace.

He died of a heart attack in 1931 and 300, 000 followed his hearse. At the time the population of Melbourne was 900,00+ so 1 in 3 attended. I think that was a positive vote on his greatness.

[Kaneki05]

Right winged Americans saying Trump shows how delusion they've become he can't be seriously compared to any founding father nvm other better presidents does make me laugh.

As to my country eh, for sure not any PMs I can think of it's more easier to tell you why they've all sucked. Then our Royalty was always at odds with democracy naturally which isn't great though you can thank them for the power we hold/held. Truly I can only say the one that counts yet never lead officially Marx. He influenced so much though here and was a leader of an ideology, if it wasn't for him and Engels we may have progressed way slower with rights as citizens.

[Staximus]

Marx? You're a complete idiot. Communism only works on paper, unless you make people cooperate at gunpoint and take away all their freedom and rights

[Kaneki05]

@Staximus Marx and Engels fought back against child labour, sexism and factor workers bad working conditions, along with low pay for those who work for bosses who are rich.

If that makes one a idiot, I would rather be a idiot than whatever you call smart.

[Kaneki05]

Factory*

[Danzigdawson]

Don't worry about it @staximus is a notable moron.

To him, and many others sharing the same type of excuse for a brain, anything ever-so-slightly left-leaning is communism. He should go to work on Saturday and Sunday, since the weekend is a crazy leftist idea.

[Shiprex]

@Staximus So China in the space of 2 generations took almost 600 million people from subsistence existence to Western middle class is a failure?
The Communists do capitalism better than the capitalists. Just look at the debt the neocon nations have accrued.
Adam Smith would be spinning in his grave at the way oligarchies have removed democratic rights to serve themselves. Just look at DonJons sponsors

[Staximus]

@Danzigdawson I do work on weekends, shitbird. Socialism is not paying my rent.

[Staximus]

Why don't you commie idiots move to China and see how that works out for you

[Kaneki05]

@Staximus Thinking China follows what Marx and Engles supported shows how much you lack in your knowledge of this topic. And no thanks England is more influenced by them and I am already in the country they helped shape.

[Danzigdawson]

@Staximus Yes, I'm sure that you work so hard you think you deserve a monument —or at the very least a dog treat— that's the kind of thing every victim-of-other-people's-laziness claims, until you actually watch them work for a while.

[lightofdarkness]

Abdul hamid II He deserved more than he has in the end he lost his authority because of traitors. I respect and love him even after a long time

[purplepoppy]

Hard question so I had to Google it, I found 2 large scale polls.

[Shiprex]

William Wallace but in which field would be more difficult as industry, economics, invention, humanity are all areas of value where there have been countryfolk of mine making positive strides there.

[Mettbltt]

are you scottish

[beefcakebradybatson]

Pierre Trudeau, Sonny Boy's old man.

[Avicenna]

@beefcakebradybatson: LMAO...

[Shiprex]

@Mettbltt Yes originally but went Hong Kong Chinese and now Swedish

[beefcakebradybatson]

William D. "Bubba" Wallace, NASCAR's second black full-time racer?

[Shiprex]

@beefcakebradybatson born in Scotland, or at least grandparents

[beefcakebradybatson]

@Mettbltt Black Canadian/American.

[Shiprex]

@beefcakebradybatson those belong to Scotland so it's all good

[beefcakebradybatson]

OK, Shiprex, I mean, Your Majesty !!!

[Shiprex]

@beefcakebradybatson Thank you your Honour

[beefcakebradybatson]

I judge you a good dude, Shiprex !!!

[Shiprex]

@beefcakebradybatson That is now a SIR @beefcakebradybatson Carry on

[Anonymous]

I would not have said this a few years ago, but my pick is Donald Trump. Reversing all the damage liberals have done in America in recent years is a huge undertaking, and I truly don't believe there is another person in America today who could do it. I believe Trump can, and will.

[Cormac995]

The first name that springs to mind is teddy Roosevelt with the second being Lincon and third being good old Georgy.

[Joshydavid25]

Either one of the Early Founding Fathers.. They weren't perfect and had their flaws, but they made hard decisions, and managed to build principles enough to make a very young country one of the most powerful to ever exist.

[exitseven]

President Donald J Trump

[Jennz6]

President Donald J. Trump

[exitseven]

@Jennz6 👌👌👌👌

[Jennz6]

🥰💕

[Julie4]

Trump? You don't answer seriously

[exitseven]

History will remember him as the best president since WW2.

[Julie4]

No, it's not really serious. Reagan did a lot better than Trump

[exitseven]

@julie4 Reagan was a great president. Historians will argue over who was better. I a anxious to see how the next 4 years go.

[Shiprex]

He's already shat on the middle classes, the sick and elderly, but at least the billionaires will be ok

[Jennz6]

@julie4 Trump isn’t finished yet, you should wait 4 more years before you compare him with other Presidents

[Shiprex]

@Jennz6 he's taken away the cap on costs for medicines making sick and elderly have to pay more, he's taken away the tax relief for people paying mortgages (middle class in other words), he's pardoned people who committed treason (capital offence in some countries) when he incited the insurrection 4 years ago.
THAT'S his first day.

[Jennz6]

@Shiprex you’re listening to the wrong people

[Shiprex]

@Jennz6 Jen I'm watching from far far away with binoculars so the fall out doesn't affect me. Just that I have an interview on Thursday that could see me move to the US in August

[Jennz6]

@Shiprex good luck

[exitseven]

@Shiprex when did he get rid of the tax deduction on mortgages? Tht never happened. The jan6th protesters were all patriots that were unjustly imprisoned, some without being charged. Biden pardoned Ashlee Babbitt's murderer.

[Shiprex]

@exitseven He signed the executive order that brings in the measure for tax exemption on interest payments for mortgages Biden had put in so the middle classes get shafted in his first day. The rioters who had zero business but were encouraged by the clown prince were NOT entitled to enter the Capitol building and cause chaos to try to prevent proper democratic elections to be ratified and the real president announced, There were terrorists just like the Nazi boyfriend of the Buffoon in chief

[exitseven]

@Shiprex You are talking about SALT. The last thing i head he was restoring it. Are you sure you heard this right?
suozzi.house.gov/.../trump-signals-hed-restore-full-salt-deduction-democrats-are-skeptical

[Shiprex]

It may have been that but it sounded like it was going to be a hit on the mortgage paying people of America

[exitseven]

@Shiprex The cap on property tax deduction is supposed to be repealed from what I hear.

[Shiprex]

@exitseven
I thought Biden had already abandoned that cap but Trump repealed it and had it reinstated.

[exitseven]

@Shiprex rhis is the last thing I heard about it.
www.marketwatch.com/.../trump-backs-salt-repeal-says-top-new-york-republican-taxpayers-in-these-states-could-benefit-f1e30381

[slatyb]

Today? Hard to pick just one but I've been really impressed with Gretchen Whitmer, Stacey Adams, Pete Buttegieg, Alexandra Ocasio-Cortez, Maria Glusenkamp Perez, John Fetterman, and Tim Walz.

[exitseven]

Ironically the one with the brain damage is the one that seems to make the most sense.

[Avicenna]

@exitseven: He named some of the biggest idiots in a party of absolute idiots

[exitseven]

@Avicenna yes, but Fetterman lately has shown he work with commons sense. I do not know if is an act but maybe he sees how crazy everything is.

[Avicenna]

@exitseven: Yeah, he's the exception in that group on some issues. The rest of the Democrat politicians are more worthless than used toliet paper.

[exitseven]

@Avicenna He actually went to Mar A Lago to talk with President Trump. Maybe he is willing to work with Trump over some issues.

[Avicenna]

@exitseven: Maybe. Or maybe he wants to make his re-election campaign in 2028 easier...
I hope he is willing to work with Trump on some issues.

[Shiprex]

@Avicenna that was the ones given a get out of jail free card by the comic in the white house.

[Dargil]

Washington, Madison, Lincoln, T. Roosevelt, Coolidge, Reagan, Trump.

If Trump 47 succeeds in most of his plan, #1.

[DrPepper12]

Noam Chomsky

Alvin Toffler

George Carlin

Arthur Schlesinger

Henry Thoreau

Shirley Chisolm

George Washington

Donald Trump

[exitseven]

I did not appreciate George Carlin until after he died.

[DrPepper12]

@exitseven read his daughters book. It's so raw and revealing.

[Mettbltt]

difficult question
there are too many

but ı will say Mehmed The Conqueror

[Anonymous]

Donald John Trump , Abe Lincoln or Ronald Reagan.

[NatalieKeller95]

the one taking office tomorrow

[OddBeMe]

I don't think of anyone as great. Especially narcissist pols.

[msc545]

It WAS Abraham Lincoln.. but since him it has basically been a pack of corrupt criminals.

[Anonymous]

Tito was the greatest leader of my country.

[DryGermanGuy]

Konrad Adenauer (chancellor 1949-1963)

[Julie4]

Bismarck?

[DryGermanGuy]

That was the German Empire with a monarch and vastly different from modern Germany.

[Paige90]

Donald J Trump

[Avicenna]

US: Harry Truman

Germany: Bismarck

[NathanDavis]

Tom Brady...

[Sweetdreams1950]

Mustafa Kemal Atatürk.

[Julie4]

Une turc haha

[Miristheiss]

George Washington, Abraham Lincoln

[Hellraiser1984]

Lincoln or Washington.

[KostasKouvalis]

Ronald Regan

[Tomisworthless]

Donald John Trump

[avery58]

Abraham Lincoln

[FunkyMonkee]

Trump, of course!!

[eagle1951]

JFK.

[KostasKouvalis]

You have got to be kidding!

[Dongie]

DJT! 😎

[Dongie]

England Winston Churchill! 🤓

[noohair]

George Washington...

[Anonymous]

Uncle Adolf