Trump updates ranking of US presidents. Top tier is his alone
Key Points:
- President Donald Trump updated his ranking of U.S. presidents on Truth Social, initially posted on August 27 and revised on September 6, 2026.
- In his rankings, Trump placed himself alone in the top tier labeled "The Greatest," with presidents like Abraham Lincoln and George Washington in the next "Great" tier.
- The updated list added several former presidents such as Ronald Reagan, John F. Kennedy, Gerald Ford, and George W. Bush, with Reagan placed in the "Near Great" tier.
- Trump moved George W. Bush and Herbert Hoover to the lowest tier labeled "Failures," while Hoover had previously been in the "Average" tier.
- The rankings also included presidents like Theodore Roosevelt, Grover Cleveland, and Dwight D. Eisenhower in the "Near Great" category, but Trump has not publicly commented on the charts.