Ben Shapiro Reveals U.S. Presidents Tier Ranking

Since year-end lists have become a joke, tier rankings have taken their place. The most interesting, debatable hierarchy of all is that of our U.S. Presidents.

Last week, Ben Shapiro revealed his:

I'm glad to see Shapiro waste no time pondering whether a third name should join Abraham Lincoln and George Washington in the top tier. I lean Lincoln first, Washington second, though it's close.

Two entries in the F category will elicit online reactions. The first is Franklin D. Roosevelt. College professors often spend an entire semester declaring that FDR's "modern-day" accomplishments are unmatched and that he needs his own tier below Abraham Lincoln and George Washington. And, unfortunately, many students believe them.

CBS News is among those who agree, ranking FDR in that discussed third spot.

The other, of course, is Barack Obama. I put stock into the impact presidents have post-election. How they left the country, the minds and influencers they changed. While the Democratic Party has certainly gone further Left since Obama's final year in office, much of the leftward trend was initiated by his presidency. As Shapiro notes, his outlook increased the desire to "divvy up America into various victimized groups."

The media's biases were also exacerbated during Obama's year. Eight years of praise, lack of skepticism, and celebrity-like coverage reversed dramatically during Donald Trump's presidency.

Interestingly though, the killing of Osama Bin Laden often doesn't make the first few paragraphs of Obama's story. I give Obama and his administration immense credit for this accomplishment.

I was curious to see where Shapiro would rank President Donald Trump, whom Shapiro didn't vote for in 2016 but did in 2020. Shapiro put Trump in the B category. In terms of policy, Shapiro says Trump is closer to an A, but adds that Trump's rhetoric was "self-defeating."

Trump's reign will forever be attached to COVID-19. Before COVID, I predicted he would win re-election on the economy alone. Around July, due to the reaction of coronavirus and how the blame was disproportionality spread, I began to think Trump would lose.

When Americans are unhappy — say, because of a global pandemic — they often look at the potential grass on the other side. In this case, Joe Biden.

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