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Donald Trump ranked as worst US president in history, with Joe Biden 14th
(www.theguardian.com)
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Trump said that he would not abide by the election results, meaning that he literally attempted to throw away our entire democratic system of (checks notes) "voting". While it is true that it was the most inept coup attempt that I have ever so much as even heard of, it still falls within that category. Dude straight-up wanted to get rid of the Constitution of the United States. That's... pretty bad.
Also, an argument can be made that many of those "excess deaths" could be laid at his feet as well, especially after the Bob Woodsworth interview revealed that he knowingly lied about SARS-COV2 being airborne. And ofc that wasn't even the most infamous of Trump's various recorded phone calls!:-P Two of which led him to be impeached... twice.
Fwiw the Guardian article about the rankings did specifically mention Wilson:
So it seems like they are considering the impact of their decisions made whilst being in charge, while separating that from their personal morality. The impact of Global Climate Change likely influenced the rankings as well.
They also were pretty upfront with their liberal bias as well.
So yeah, e.g. slavery is bad, but these people seem to consider overthrowing the government even worse. Regardless of whether you agree with their biases or not, I don't think a "recency bias" is the main point at hand there.