The Agonist with Shadi Hamid

The Agonist with Shadi Hamid

A Competition for Worst American President of My Adult Life

Trump v. Bush

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Shadi Hamid
Jul 17, 2025
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I’m in the process of making my absolute final edits to my forthcoming book The Case for American Power (pre-order here) and thinking I may have to delete this sentence. I suppose that’s where we are.

It was some solace, throughout all of this, that as bad as Trump was (is), George W. Bush still had a real claim to the title of worst American president o…

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