Trump updates ranking of US presidents. Top tier is his alone

President Donald Trump has revised his personal ranking of U.S. presidents, placing himself alone in the top tier, labeled “The Greatest.” The updated ranking was posted on Truth Social on September 6, 2026. (Currently)

The revised list also adds several presidents who were missing from his earlier ranking, including Ronald Reagan, John F. Kennedy, Gerald Ford and George W. Bush. Reagan is placed in the “Near Great” category. (Currently)

Trump’s earlier list had Abraham Lincoln, George Washington, Franklin D. Roosevelt, Thomas Jefferson and Andrew Jackson in the “Great” tier below him. (Currently)

Notably, the bottom “Failures” tier now includes Joe Biden, Barack Obama, Ulysses S. Grant, Warren Harding, Jimmy Carter, George W. Bush and Herbert Hoover. (Currently)

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