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The 39th President of the United States (1977-1981).
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Jimmy Carter
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Famously took his oath of office aboard Air Force One.
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Lyndon B. Johnson
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Broke ties with Cuba after the overthrow of Fulgencio Batista by Fidel Castro, and authorized a CIA operation to carry out a campaign of terrorist attacks and sabotage, kill civilians, and cause economic damage.
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Dwight D. Eisenhower
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Faced with increasing unemployment (from 5.9% in 1989 to 7.8% in mid-1991) and a ballooning federal deficit (from $152.1 billion in 1989 to $220 billion in 1990), he was forced to renege on his campaign promise: “… read my lips. No new taxes.”
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George H. W. Bush
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The 41st President of the United States (1989-1993).
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George H. W. Bush
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Presided over the end of the Cold War, and signed the Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty by which the U.S. and the Soviet Union (under Mikhail Gorbachev) agreed to cut their strategic nuclear weapons by 30 percent. (The Soviet Union dissolved five months later.)
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George H. W. Bush
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Before his presidency, he was a businessman and reality TV show host, with five of his businesses filing for Chapter 11 bankruptcy (one of them twice) and his unlicensed ersatz “university” being forced to close amid a spate of investigations, lawsuits and student complaints.
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Donald Trump
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The 34th President of the United States (1953-1961).
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Dwight D. Eisenhower
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Signed the Paris Climate Accords, significantly reduced the U.S. military presence in Iraq, ordered the raid that killed Osama bin Laden, ordered military involvement in Libya (contributing to the overthrow of Muammar Gaddafi), negotiated a nuclear agreement with Iran, and normalized relations with Cuba.
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Barack Obama
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His economic policy relied on economic deregulation, tax cuts, discretionary domestic spending cuts, and increased military spending … nearly tripling the national debt.
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Ronald Reagan
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Guided the economy’s recovery from the Great Recession, partially extended his predecessor’s tax cuts, reformed financial regulations, and issued an executive order limiting carbon emissions.
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Barack Obama
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Signed a major tax cut program, the inaccurately named Partial-Birth Abortion Ban Act, and the Medicare Modernization Act (which created Medicare Part D); was criticized for his handling of the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina; and led the country into the Great Recession.
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George W. Bush
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The 32nd President of the United States (1933-1945).
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Franklin D. Roosevelt
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Only President born in Illinois.
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Ronald Reagan
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Signed an agreement at Doha in 2020 that released 5,000 Taliban fighters and effectively turned Afghanistan over to the Taliban.
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Donald Trump
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Became a convicted felon on 30 May 2024, having been found guilty of 34 counts of falsifying business records in furtherance of another crime.
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Donald Trump
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The 38th President of the United States (1974-1977).
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Gerald Ford
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Lost popularity after escalating deployment of troops to Vietnam, expanding the U.S. military’s role, and not being transparent about the change in policy.
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Lyndon B. Johnson
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Only President born in Connecticut.
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George W. Bush
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His administration increased the numbers of B-52 bombers and atomic weapons by 50%.
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John F. Kennedy
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