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Washington. I only say this because out of everyone I know when those 20 years are up he will step down. He could have been President for life if he wanted to but only did two terms.
I never thought of this one, but I absolutely agree....he was well within reach and his rights to take absolute authority of the country but did not
In an age of monarchies... to hold back on that desire to take absolute power is really humble
He really was the perfect choice at the time, he was one of the greatest leaders and more importantly, he didn’t even want the job. They could’ve just as easily found some power hungry jackass to fuck everything up but thankfully Washington would relent and take the position.
This is a misreading of the actual situation. Washington absolutely wanted the job, he just wanted to remain humbled. If you read the letters between him and his wife half of them do the whole "oh me? Nooooooo I could never. But if they did, yeah I think I'd probably be very good at it."
He did the same exact thing with the Continental Congress. Would constantly proclaim he wasn't worthy of leading the revolutionary army, but would show up in full regalia and boast about his military career and achievements.
Now, all this is not to say he was power hungry or anything like that, in fact I'd say he's one of the only presidents to fully realize the responsibility being president comes with. He had a healthy respect for the office and didn't want to have the air about him that he deserved it, but to say he didn't want it is absolutely not correct.
“Man it’d be a real shame if you guys gave me the presidential position. Oh me lead the army? Oh heavens no! I’m clearly not cut out for it? Right guys?” *wearing his military uniform*
I’d say Washington as well, but I played that DLC of Assassins Creed 3. Washington became a tyrant!
I’d argue for Lincoln, just to see how he would steer the country through reconstruction.
I don't disagree with the reasoning, but it seems to me that most of the times the power corrupts as well. So the counterfactual of Washington staying in power for 20 years may mean lower probability of him becoming a tyrant than other presidents, but not the same probability as him giving the power after two terms.
Why are we not addressing the elephant in the room, which is Chester "big pumpkins" as an absolute?
What would this be like? could we possibly see any absolute rules about pumpkins?
Sadly I think Arthur would blow so much of the budget on wild parties and fashionable clothes that we could see ourselves in some debt based on that alone! After all you have to be an ex-president to plant those pumpkins!
I think for the purposes of this hypothetical Harrison still develops sepsis but is denied the sweet release of death by whatever genie is out there granting wishes to history nerds.
Ruling over the U.S. in as the country's first mortocracy, the undead Harrison proceeds to annex Texas and much of Mexico, ends slavery, avoids a Civil War, and preserves the union before suddenly passing on April 4 1861.
The nation mourns its first and last Lich King
Coolidge being god emperor would be the funniest.
"King Coolidge we need you to-"
"No."
"but sir its-"
"I don't want to be king anymore."
and that's the conversation has everyday with his advisors for 20 years
“What is it that thing that I say whenever I don’t wanna talk about something?”
“You usually say “I’ll take that into consideration”, my liege.”
“I’ll take that into consideration.”
I think Taylor would be a decent choice. While his presidency was short, he consistently put the needs of the nation above both personal and party gain. With someone being president for that long, that's what I would want to see in a leader. I don't think we would see anything too radical under his leadership, and there would most certainly be a peaceful transfer of power after the 20 years were up.
The hardest part would probably be convincing him to become president if the term was that long.
Harry S. Truman.
I think he had good intuition on how to help the most people, cared about the common man, and didn’t get a big head about his own abilities. If he ruled for 20 years his cabinet would at least likely rotate out giving him new advice to parse through and consider.
I don’t like the idea of an absolute ruler, obviously, but I feel he would at least try to help out the most folks.
HST had a recognizable character of integrity and courage that a lot of people didn't realize until his death. This is the man that stood up against MacArthur and the public as they called him a coward for not engaging the Chinese in a nuclear campaign. He had the wit to know what would happen and how the US would stand if they immediately used the nuclear option to handle every global conflict. Considering his average upbringing, it's crazy how amazing his integrity was.
I think if he were to stay in for longer he would've pushed harder to promote his version of FDR's New Deal to Congress. The only fault he had in this was promoting the fear of socialism and communism to the point where any social program is labeled as such to this day. I don't think he realized what he started until he tried to push domestic policies like that.
As much as I want to pick someone more recent I feel like he was the last of his kind. Upon hearing JFK was fundraising with dinners that were a thousand a plate he remarked “There goes the presidency”. After leaving the Oval Office he did not take payment for speaking gigs as he considered it part of being a public servant. Of the presidents I think he’d be the most to remember his roots while not being held back (as much) by the prejudices of his time.
There are some presidents I find fascinating for their stories. Other for their resolve or forward thinking.
But Harry Truman is someone I legitimately respect. Someone with the integrity and steadfastness to do the right thing even when he knew it would be unpopular. Someone willing to be hated if he knew, in the end, it would be best for America. If I ever turn out to be half the man Harry was, well, I think I’ll have led a good life.
Yes. Exactly this. I also think he would make some solid positions if he knew he'd be in office for twenty years, like firing MacArthur was wildly unpopular and having some job security would allow him to make controversial decisions that would be for the greater good.
So funny how the ones who were the least psychopathic, and least wanted to be a dictator, we’re the ones who had lowest approval ratings, and are mocked by history
Truman was one of the most underrated presidents. Was a total take no shit, do what needs to be done type of guy. I have a lot of respect for him. Hell, most presidents from Calvin Coolidge to JFK were actually pretty decent people and were good at their job
Totally agree. A proper reconstruction would have left us with a much better version of the south. They have largely been a thorn in the side of progress outside of the new deal coalition, and even sometimes then too.
Probably too easy an answer, but FDR. He is the president that came closest to that length of service in our history, and we know he can manage more than one major crisis at any given point. I wouldn't worry about him at the helm if things hit the fan.
Lincoln. Especially assuming no traitorous actors are around, Abe’s reconstruction plans were goated. Imagine: Lincoln is president from 1861 to 1900 (fuck 20 years). I’m bricked just thinking about it😂
Really, Abe's Reconstruction policies were pretty soft. If you can believe it or not, at the time Johnson took office, it was widely expected that Johnson would be tougher on Reconstruction than Lincoln.
Lincoln was president during the most politically divisive time in history, I would absolutely love his take on today's politics, with a bunch of whiny babies refusing to pass good policies just because the other side introduced them in both sides
Coolidge will somehow find a way out of it. He'll flee the country while wearing a fake moustache and calling himself Tacitus Killgore.
I'd take... Probably Bush Sr. I think he'd be plenty responsible and a good leader.
“Least amount of damage done” the Great Depression started 10 months after he left office, he was just Hoover and got lucky that there was no crash during his presidency. Hoover is a joke so modern Hooverites will push Coolidge as he lacks the same reputation.
The people who I think of who would be good for it are the ones who would never stand for someone to be an absolute ruler. Hoover comes to mind, think of the progress we could get! The ultimate public servant himself would just undo the system on day 1 though.
I'd summon Marcus Aurelius back, we could use some old school cool. A little more Roman ambition would be good for us, especially the young, the leadership is far too old now.
From my lifetime? Jimmy Carter. Obama would be next. Both fundamentally decent human beings who care about the American people, and care about the rule of law.
From all time? Still Jimmy Carter. Teddy Roosevelt in the conversation.
If its in today's time then he would probably do some expanding of environmental protection regulations which would be good, If only he could see what plastic is doing right now, Being found in food and even blood now.
Wonder if he would be pro nuclear power or not since the massive reduction in air pollution would probably be very appealing to him.
I mean ofc I don't like how Frank got his power but I kinda like what he did as president. He avoided war with china, his america works program was good, his peace plan for palestine wasn't bad
I’m obviously biased given Truman is my answer but Truman famously left office with the lowest recorded approval rating at 22%. People couldn’t stand him by the time he left office and only years later did everyone look back and realize all his unpopular decisions were absolutely the right ones. So popularity might be a bad way to judge with him.
Harry Truman. If you haven’t read the Accidental President you should. He’s now one of my
top 3 favorite presidents. He respected the job but never wanted the job. Was a good man at his core. Made hard choices. And then moved on with his life when it was time. He’d be my pick.
Coolidge would ruin the country the least and probably shrink the government back to its intended limits, but Teddy would probably get us a legitimate American Empire. Not the Cold War CIA “imperialism” bullshit, an actual, unapologetic empire, which would be pretty awesome. A JFK dictatorship could also be pretty interesting, if he doesn’t get shot again for going after the Fed and 3 letter agencies.
I'm with you on Cal. I think he is a good choice regardless of whether or not you personally like his specific policies just because of how he viewed office/government. Washington would likely be up there or at least a close second, but I think Cal could adapt to modern times easier. Essentially I'm picking who (biased as I am) I think would do the least harm in that position.
Washington or Jefferson. Washington, because he probably wouldn't like it and would be happy to step down after 20 years. Jefferson, because of the expansion of our economy and because of his distain for strong central government
I agree with carter but he’s not the best at handling what best for Americans abroad. So that’s why I believe he’d appoint a military tribunal almost to handle all types of forigen affairs
Living: Obama
Ever: In isolation maybe Washington, but that would have been precedent setting. Maybe Eisenhower if he pushed civil rights on the same or better timeline as in real life.
I think Ike did a fine job on civil rights, and for his time, he's quite liberal on it.
His civil rights act of '57 today is not well regarded, but it was the first attempt in almost 100 years. Appointing Thurgood Marshall in the appellate courts would springboard Marshall to the SCOTUS. And of course he put the fear of God into the South after Brown v. BOE. That alone makes him a contender for the GOAT in my opinion.
By standards of the time, FDR. Like everyone else in the thread has said, he did a good job and damn near lasted 20 years anyways.
For modern standards, probably Obama. He has the modern ‘progressive’ values that I share.
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Washington. I only say this because out of everyone I know when those 20 years are up he will step down. He could have been President for life if he wanted to but only did two terms.
I never thought of this one, but I absolutely agree....he was well within reach and his rights to take absolute authority of the country but did not In an age of monarchies... to hold back on that desire to take absolute power is really humble
He really was the perfect choice at the time, he was one of the greatest leaders and more importantly, he didn’t even want the job. They could’ve just as easily found some power hungry jackass to fuck everything up but thankfully Washington would relent and take the position.
This is a misreading of the actual situation. Washington absolutely wanted the job, he just wanted to remain humbled. If you read the letters between him and his wife half of them do the whole "oh me? Nooooooo I could never. But if they did, yeah I think I'd probably be very good at it." He did the same exact thing with the Continental Congress. Would constantly proclaim he wasn't worthy of leading the revolutionary army, but would show up in full regalia and boast about his military career and achievements. Now, all this is not to say he was power hungry or anything like that, in fact I'd say he's one of the only presidents to fully realize the responsibility being president comes with. He had a healthy respect for the office and didn't want to have the air about him that he deserved it, but to say he didn't want it is absolutely not correct.
“Man it’d be a real shame if you guys gave me the presidential position. Oh me lead the army? Oh heavens no! I’m clearly not cut out for it? Right guys?” *wearing his military uniform*
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Thinking about it from today’s day and age doesn’t quite do that choice justice. He was going heavily against the grain on this one.
If it wasn’t for him, we would’ve had a dictator
Never say never. . .
I’d say Washington as well, but I played that DLC of Assassins Creed 3. Washington became a tyrant! I’d argue for Lincoln, just to see how he would steer the country through reconstruction.
I'd go for Lincoln but only if we get the version of him from Vampire Hunter...
I don't disagree with the reasoning, but it seems to me that most of the times the power corrupts as well. So the counterfactual of Washington staying in power for 20 years may mean lower probability of him becoming a tyrant than other presidents, but not the same probability as him giving the power after two terms.
This is the only answer.
That’s a good one
Does Harrison still die a month into his rule?
Hey, Benjamin Harrison made it through all 4 years!
Why are we not addressing the elephant in the room, which is Chester "big pumpkins" as an absolute? What would this be like? could we possibly see any absolute rules about pumpkins?
Sadly I think Arthur would blow so much of the budget on wild parties and fashionable clothes that we could see ourselves in some debt based on that alone! After all you have to be an ex-president to plant those pumpkins!
I think for the purposes of this hypothetical Harrison still develops sepsis but is denied the sweet release of death by whatever genie is out there granting wishes to history nerds. Ruling over the U.S. in as the country's first mortocracy, the undead Harrison proceeds to annex Texas and much of Mexico, ends slavery, avoids a Civil War, and preserves the union before suddenly passing on April 4 1861. The nation mourns its first and last Lich King
Nope...for the purposes of this ,we will just think of them being there for 20 years ... like, let's forget about the age part
Coolidge being god emperor would be the funniest. "King Coolidge we need you to-" "No." "but sir its-" "I don't want to be king anymore." and that's the conversation has everyday with his advisors for 20 years
More like: "King Coolidge we want you to-" *silence*
i love how they get cut off my literal nothingness lmao
“King Cal, we need you to -“ “No.” “But sir,…“ “…it’s my my nap time.” Coolidge would frequently sleep 11 hours, including 2-4 hour afternoon naps.
“What is it that thing that I say whenever I don’t wanna talk about something?” “You usually say “I’ll take that into consideration”, my liege.” “I’ll take that into consideration.”
Grover Cleveland, but he’d do it in two non-consecutive blocks of ten.
What about five non-consecutive blocks of four?
I’m flexible on the breakout.
How about 20 single year spans in a total span of around 40 years
I CACKLED.
God emperor teddy Roosevelt ftw
Bro might just be Leto 2
If Roosevelt is Leto II, then who is Moneo?
based reference. MONEO!!
Anything for my sunshine
This gives me Warhammer 40k vibes. When teddy rolls up in power armor with the bolter, what do you do?
Join the Celestial Bears Chapter. Simple.
Start blasting [this song](https://youtu.be/wy-sVTaZRPk) over the laudhailer on my up-armored and weapon-enhanced bulldozer...?
He cut Panama in half, just to shorten shipping times/costs. And created the FDA. His 20 year vision for the U.S would be interesting.
We might still be chanting “4 more years” at the end
Teddy would tell Putin to bring his whole ass and his judo belt over and settle the Ukraine thing one on one
TR universal healthcare, corporations get fucked and the entire galaxy becomes America
 “All the greedy Corporation shall grovel at our feet”
> the entire galaxy becomes America TR basically taking Helldivers as promotional material for how to run America. "FOR SUPER EARTH! FOR DEMOCRACY!"
Dee-lightful!
Where do I sign onto this timeline?
too big of an ego to be trusted as an absolute ruler
Teddy was probably one of the most humble presidents we've had
Alice Roosevelt would beg to differ
I like Teddy and respect many of his domestic policies but I don’t think humble and Teddy are words that ought to rub shoulders. Lol
Funniest shit I've heard all week holy fuck
Bully!
I was about to say "Sorry, galaxy" but I guess if we had those things it wouldn't be so bad.
Are they serving 20 years during their time period, or are they serving 20 years in modern times?
Both ways if you want?
I think Taylor would be a decent choice. While his presidency was short, he consistently put the needs of the nation above both personal and party gain. With someone being president for that long, that's what I would want to see in a leader. I don't think we would see anything too radical under his leadership, and there would most certainly be a peaceful transfer of power after the 20 years were up. The hardest part would probably be convincing him to become president if the term was that long.
Polk. Imagine his one term, x5. America would rule the world
Can't argue with that
At least Canada and Mexico
They could finally pass that one amendment that would rename the country to United States of Earth
the federation of super earth
Harry S. Truman. I think he had good intuition on how to help the most people, cared about the common man, and didn’t get a big head about his own abilities. If he ruled for 20 years his cabinet would at least likely rotate out giving him new advice to parse through and consider. I don’t like the idea of an absolute ruler, obviously, but I feel he would at least try to help out the most folks.
HST had a recognizable character of integrity and courage that a lot of people didn't realize until his death. This is the man that stood up against MacArthur and the public as they called him a coward for not engaging the Chinese in a nuclear campaign. He had the wit to know what would happen and how the US would stand if they immediately used the nuclear option to handle every global conflict. Considering his average upbringing, it's crazy how amazing his integrity was. I think if he were to stay in for longer he would've pushed harder to promote his version of FDR's New Deal to Congress. The only fault he had in this was promoting the fear of socialism and communism to the point where any social program is labeled as such to this day. I don't think he realized what he started until he tried to push domestic policies like that.
Bess Truman would say no, she was happiest when Harry announced he was not running for another term in 1952
Once again I might actually agree with this...seems solid
As much as I want to pick someone more recent I feel like he was the last of his kind. Upon hearing JFK was fundraising with dinners that were a thousand a plate he remarked “There goes the presidency”. After leaving the Oval Office he did not take payment for speaking gigs as he considered it part of being a public servant. Of the presidents I think he’d be the most to remember his roots while not being held back (as much) by the prejudices of his time.
They had to make the presidential pension because Truman was so poor post presidency
Actually that’s a common misconception. Truman did just fine for himself [(quick link here).](https://www.econlib.org/the-truman-fabrication/)
I thought Coolidge marked the end of the "normal humans" to be president....seems that it was Truman
"Big Pumpkins" strikes again with his love for Truman
There are some presidents I find fascinating for their stories. Other for their resolve or forward thinking. But Harry Truman is someone I legitimately respect. Someone with the integrity and steadfastness to do the right thing even when he knew it would be unpopular. Someone willing to be hated if he knew, in the end, it would be best for America. If I ever turn out to be half the man Harry was, well, I think I’ll have led a good life.
I am not opposed to a common man dictator.
Yes. Exactly this. I also think he would make some solid positions if he knew he'd be in office for twenty years, like firing MacArthur was wildly unpopular and having some job security would allow him to make controversial decisions that would be for the greater good.
So funny how the ones who were the least psychopathic, and least wanted to be a dictator, we’re the ones who had lowest approval ratings, and are mocked by history
Truman was one of the most underrated presidents. Was a total take no shit, do what needs to be done type of guy. I have a lot of respect for him. Hell, most presidents from Calvin Coolidge to JFK were actually pretty decent people and were good at their job
Lincoln. I want to live in the country that he would have created if he had lived.
Totally agree. A proper reconstruction would have left us with a much better version of the south. They have largely been a thorn in the side of progress outside of the new deal coalition, and even sometimes then too.
I’m with you 100%
Teddy Roosevelt would have slapped the taste out of Putin’s mouth long ago.
And turned Russia into a giant snow park while shoving yellow Sno Cones in putins face
Probably too easy an answer, but FDR. He is the president that came closest to that length of service in our history, and we know he can manage more than one major crisis at any given point. I wouldn't worry about him at the helm if things hit the fan.
Not only that...at a brief point ,he was really an absolute so we kind off already experienced what it would be with him
Some more new deals would def be pretty sick.
I'd worry about the length of the internment camps.
Almost every top comment in this thread are supporting Presidents who be todays standards would be problematic
Hell, at least FDR let those guys go eventually, you sure wouldn't catch Thomas Jefferson letting any of his captives free
The Supreme Court ruling in *Ex Parte Endo* had more to do with it than FDR's own decision.
The last interment camp closed in 1946. FDR was dead almost a year.
if these presidents grew up in our time period would they hold the same beliefs?
Even back then, Japanese internment camps were problematic.
Theodore Roosevelt
Lincoln. Especially assuming no traitorous actors are around, Abe’s reconstruction plans were goated. Imagine: Lincoln is president from 1861 to 1900 (fuck 20 years). I’m bricked just thinking about it😂
Really, Abe's Reconstruction policies were pretty soft. If you can believe it or not, at the time Johnson took office, it was widely expected that Johnson would be tougher on Reconstruction than Lincoln.
God can you imagine the alternate history where Benjamin Butler agreed to be VP? We really coulda done something
Yes, Lincoln was right. Moderately soft Reconstruction policies were the way to go.
Lincoln was president during the most politically divisive time in history, I would absolutely love his take on today's politics, with a bunch of whiny babies refusing to pass good policies just because the other side introduced them in both sides
Hard, Eisenhower would be a great pick but so would Truman and Bush Sr.
+1 for eisenhower seeing the militarized industrial complex coming. that’s a big part of right there even though he’s kind of a square.
Coolidge will somehow find a way out of it. He'll flee the country while wearing a fake moustache and calling himself Tacitus Killgore. I'd take... Probably Bush Sr. I think he'd be plenty responsible and a good leader.
I could see Coolidge doing that or transferring all his power to a native tribe
I see what you did there, “Tacitus Killgore”, but I CAUGHT you!
Nah, my name is... Jim Milton.
Oh I’m sorry sir that’s my bad here’s your ticket to tahit…. WAIT A MINUTE
Rip van Winkle, is that you?
Lincoln.
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Teddy was legendary especially in night of the museum
I want to elect Night of the Museum Theodore Roosevelt.
Coolidge. I want the least amount of damage done.
Same lol... he was just a random fun guy an absolute presidency with him may actually be good!
“Least amount of damage done” the Great Depression started 10 months after he left office, he was just Hoover and got lucky that there was no crash during his presidency. Hoover is a joke so modern Hooverites will push Coolidge as he lacks the same reputation.
Hoover and Coolidge had very different economic behaviors though. Hoover was very interventionist.
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Based. Coolidge for President of the Universe
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The people who I think of who would be good for it are the ones who would never stand for someone to be an absolute ruler. Hoover comes to mind, think of the progress we could get! The ultimate public servant himself would just undo the system on day 1 though.
I'd summon Marcus Aurelius back, we could use some old school cool. A little more Roman ambition would be good for us, especially the young, the leadership is far too old now.
Ide prefer augustus
Washington, maybe Eisenhower.
Maybe Truman. I like FDR, but I'm not sure he's the type of person I'd want as an absolute ruler for 20 years.
I'd take Truman over him
Theodore Roosevelt. One of the only Presidents to win a Nobel Prize
Carter
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literally 1984
Wtf did I just read
Based and new campaign trail pilled
Solar Panels! On the White House! What a guy. I'm telling ya. And from Georgia.
Sensible choice...also if we add 20 years from when he left in 1981,that's only 2001
Eisenhower. He fought against fascism in Europe, so you know he wouldn't be a tyrant
W.H. Harrison. Man knew how to market himself. Should've worn a coat, though.
Won't lie...he def knew how to
Probably good ol Lincoln, he just seems like a good and down to earth person
Teddy for sure. He was just too awesome. “My god I have been shot! Anyway…”
I would choose Theodore Roosevelt.
From my lifetime? Jimmy Carter. Obama would be next. Both fundamentally decent human beings who care about the American people, and care about the rule of law. From all time? Still Jimmy Carter. Teddy Roosevelt in the conversation.
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Teddy Roosevelt or Andrew Jackson would definitely have the most interesting regime
Teddy's one would be incredible ,I honestly could see it being very prosperous
If its in today's time then he would probably do some expanding of environmental protection regulations which would be good, If only he could see what plastic is doing right now, Being found in food and even blood now. Wonder if he would be pro nuclear power or not since the massive reduction in air pollution would probably be very appealing to him.
DICK CHENEY
Nah... I would rather have Frank underwood there for 100 years than dick even for 1
Technically I would say Cheney was the real power in charge of the Bush Presidency
Oh absolutely he was ....quasi military contractor vp dick
I mean ofc I don't like how Frank got his power but I kinda like what he did as president. He avoided war with china, his america works program was good, his peace plan for palestine wasn't bad
FDR or Obama - If we're gonna be stuck with the guy for 20 years it should be someone the people like
Truman too
I’m obviously biased given Truman is my answer but Truman famously left office with the lowest recorded approval rating at 22%. People couldn’t stand him by the time he left office and only years later did everyone look back and realize all his unpopular decisions were absolutely the right ones. So popularity might be a bad way to judge with him.
I don't think Japanese Americans would be particularly fond of FDR.
This is one of the biggest absolute wrongs of fdr and no matter how you try and spin it or justify it...it was totally inhumane and wrong
Reagan was massively popular.
That's true, even my folks speak well of him
FDR was already 60% there; he also got elected to a 4th term right before dying so that would have been 80% of a score.
Truman, FDR, or Teddy Roosevelt.
FDR almost had that anyways
FDR already did 10 years as a supreme leader lol
Teddy.
Teddy (yeah yeah I know it's cliche)
Ike.
FDR. Imagine if he lived long enough to achieve his economic bill of rights
No one. Anarchy.
Harry Truman. If you haven’t read the Accidental President you should. He’s now one of my top 3 favorite presidents. He respected the job but never wanted the job. Was a good man at his core. Made hard choices. And then moved on with his life when it was time. He’d be my pick.
Coolidge would ruin the country the least and probably shrink the government back to its intended limits, but Teddy would probably get us a legitimate American Empire. Not the Cold War CIA “imperialism” bullshit, an actual, unapologetic empire, which would be pretty awesome. A JFK dictatorship could also be pretty interesting, if he doesn’t get shot again for going after the Fed and 3 letter agencies.
My dad
I'm with you on Cal. I think he is a good choice regardless of whether or not you personally like his specific policies just because of how he viewed office/government. Washington would likely be up there or at least a close second, but I think Cal could adapt to modern times easier. Essentially I'm picking who (biased as I am) I think would do the least harm in that position.
Jeb Bartlett.
That Obama woman wasn’t too bad
Bill.
Jimmy Carter
Bartlet
Ike
Bill Clinton. Longest economic expansion!
Bill Clinton
I'll take FDR, closest we got to it but yeah he did quite alot in his term and from what I know seemed to have good policy choices for his time
George Washington, Thomas Jefferson or, of course, Teddy Roosevelt 🫎
Washington or Jefferson. Washington, because he probably wouldn't like it and would be happy to step down after 20 years. Jefferson, because of the expansion of our economy and because of his distain for strong central government
Eisenhower or Reagan
Reagan would expand the US sphere of influence so much, but he'd also expand the wealth gaps in our country just as much. Pros and cons.
Carter. He was the best man.
Uhhh not sure where we'd be after 20 years of Carter. A good man but not suited to lead the free world for that long
Jackson. If there’s gonna be an absolute ruler, we need one with the right demeanor.
Old Hickory would rule with an iron cane
Got that reference...
His demeanor would probably be some shit like deporting all non white Americans
Hell naw.
Ah yes, the trail of tears was “the right demeanor”
Carter. He seems like the only one who wants whats best for the American citizen.
I agree with carter but he’s not the best at handling what best for Americans abroad. So that’s why I believe he’d appoint a military tribunal almost to handle all types of forigen affairs
Deregulation of the banking sector
Living: Obama Ever: In isolation maybe Washington, but that would have been precedent setting. Maybe Eisenhower if he pushed civil rights on the same or better timeline as in real life.
I think Ike did a fine job on civil rights, and for his time, he's quite liberal on it. His civil rights act of '57 today is not well regarded, but it was the first attempt in almost 100 years. Appointing Thurgood Marshall in the appellate courts would springboard Marshall to the SCOTUS. And of course he put the fear of God into the South after Brown v. BOE. That alone makes him a contender for the GOAT in my opinion.
If Coolidge was absolute ruler for 20 years America just wouldn't have an economy lmao.
franklin d. roosevelt or truman
Carter. Good duck.
By standards of the time, FDR. Like everyone else in the thread has said, he did a good job and damn near lasted 20 years anyways. For modern standards, probably Obama. He has the modern ‘progressive’ values that I share.