History Teacher Reacts to Ben Shapiro's Worst Presidents List

Who do YOU think are the worst 5 presidents of all time?

Ayo, Mr. T, do you remember when you told us we cant have sodas in your class, and a gentleman by the name of Courtland immediately opened a soda and it exploded? Its crazzy to see you have a youtube Chanel, and its doung well, congrats!

So strange to me that Ben seems so bipolar about wars. Pro-Iran, Iraq, Vietnam (Just thinks we should have gone harder in these), but Anti-WW1. Trashes Obama for not helping Ukraine in 2014 but also trashes Biden for helping them in 2022.

I feel it takes at least 20 years to really see the fallout of a presidency

To never even mention Adnrew Johnson here is baffling

Its a crime Andrew Johnson wasn't on this list.

One president not mentioned was Andrew Johnson. Buchanan did very little to prevent the Civil War and ends up looking bad years after, AJ actively fought against Reconstruction efforts, as Lincoln's replacement he ended up turning back on many of the ideals worked for in the Civil War and fought with Congress constantly even getting a rare impeachment. There's a difference between a president who stays focused on an issue to get what needs to be done and one that is stubborn and pushes too far in one direction. Give Carter some credit for a man not fit for presidency he handled his share of crisis' in the moment rather than foul up building a more stable state after a war.

No Andrew Johnson, no Franklin Pierce, no Warren G Harding?! It’s like this man is not even hiding the fact that he’s a yes man for big business.

Benji at 1.5x is hilarious

Bottom 5 in no particular order, I’d say is Andrew Johnson, James Buchanan, Warren Harding, Woodrow Wilson, and Franklin Pierce

I haven't even seen either video yet, and I'm already yelling "Wilson" - if you hate the IRS, you can thank Wilson.

I'm not a US citizen so I can't really say a lot but the graph he shows for life expectancy drops down almost exactly when the COVID pandemic started. Struggling to blame that entirely on Obamacare.

I don’t mind recency bias within recent. I think its fair to make judgements bias/unbiased, however it’s hard to dictate whether these decisions made will have long term effects. I think it would be reasonable to add someone to the “worst presidents list” at minimum after 4 presidential terms after the time of them leaving office. There is definitely something to be said for inheriting broken houses

My Ten worse 10) Carter 9) Van Buren 8)Tyler 7) Harding 6) Hoover 5)Fillmore 4) Wilson 3) Pierce 2) Buchanan 1) A. Johnson

He is ignoring the roll of COVID in the reduction in life expectancy.

I don’t believe the Crimean Referendum is highly regarded by anyone and was surprised to hear you say that. May want to dig into that one.

I can respect Mr. Terry’s response at the start. Many people focus on the “sides” and thoughts the person had, when ignoring the actual background and history of it all. Kind of like how is said to be 2-3 years for a presidents policy’s and decisions can truly be seen, statistically and just felt. Along with how another president’s decision can affect 1-2 of their predecessors.

The moment he starts bringing out stats about the differences between time points over 60 years apart with no mention of the in-between is the moment I give up any sense that he's trying. There's just too much history in those years.

Great way to open your video with the emphasize on learning rather than looking for an echo chamber to hear "what we like are biased about" Subscribed :)

I love how this video encapsulates Ben's brand - fast paced facts, underlying unchecked biases, and wild inconsistencies.