Axis of Evil: America’s Three Worst Presidents

Tags: Politics, U.S. History

01/14/2025 Thomas J. DiLorenzo

Lincoln, FDR, and Wilson were by far America’s worst presidents because of their shared penchant for dictatorship, corruption, lawlessness, attacking constitutional liberties, warmongering, and imprisoning dissenters and political opponents.

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