On this occasion, yet another survey among experts has produced yet another ranking with the following in the top places, in order: 1) Abraham Lincoln; 2) Franklin Delano Roosevelt; 3) George Washington; 4) Theodore Roosevelt; 5) Thomas Jefferson; 6) Harry Truman. Said and noted – and it is worrying – that the closest to us of these gentlemen has governed since [1945 to the 1953infinite years ago, from my point of view and with some doubts about Franklin Delano, everything is almost acceptable.
However, the doubts are truly notable and certainly well founded starting from the seventh proposed name, Barack Obama, the color of whose skin certainly clouds judgment. Place it before Lyndon Johnsonas for domestic politics, civil and minority rights at the forefront, absolutely exceptional, to begin with, it is ridiculous.
Incredible, then, that, even towards the bottom of the list, he is remembered William Harrisonin truth not judgeable given that he occupied the seat for only thirty-one days and more seriously, he died, ill.
Coming to us, one could say, the historians – evidently, whatever one says, not present among those interviewed – would never venture into judgments on Presidents so close or in activities such as Donald Trump And Joe Biden. It is obviously necessary to be temporally distant to judge non-emotionally and without bias. However, while Biden would be fourteenth, Trump would place last. What can we say in this regard, except that a very large part of the voters seems to think very differently?
Mauro della Porta Raffo, Honorary President of the Italy USA Foundation
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