I assume you mean Biden in which case no, it means 14th best. (Edit: and apparently you aren’t the only one to think this, sorry if people were making fun of you - I would hope Lemmy would be more welcoming than this)

The aim, the authors said, “was to create a ranking of presidential greatness"

Ironically Ulysses S Grant “whose administration generated significant corruption but whose attempts to enforce post-civil war Reconstruction in southern states, including fighting the Ku Klux Klan, have helped fuel reconsideration” moved up from 26 to 17. i.e. the authors seem to be taking into consideration not just what happened but how the President responded to it?

Likewise James Buchanan was higher than Trump, probably bc failing to stop a civil war isn’t as bad as actually leading a coup attempt where police officers were literally murdered in violence.

Though Biden is only 2 steps ahead of Reagan and there’s also notably “George HW Bush (No 19), who led the nation’s last decisive military victory, the Gulf war of 1991.” It seems incongruous bc even the liberal media is not reporting much on anything that Biden actually does manage to accomplish - they sell stories that generate profits, and boring blah blah successes don’t generate engagement, like Trump does.

FYI, the person who made fun of you got their comment removed by a mod. I hope this helps restore a tiny bit of faith in how Lemmy makes social media work.:-)

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