- John Adams- President Adams passed both the Alien and the Sedition Acts. These acts told the American public that they were not allowed to say anything negative about the government at all. The president also could deport individuals at will based on their loyalties. Adams was a founding father of our country. Hell, he helped form the Constitution. He served under George Washington's politics! How could someone be so evil? He was only the second president! He was screwing civil liberties before the Constitution was even 10 years old!
- Andrew Jackson- An old war hero. The embodiment of picking oneself up by their bootstraps. The Native American slaughterer. Passing the Indian Removal Act in 1830, he may be seen as one of the most malicious people ever. Causing the Trail of Tears and removing over 46,000 Native Americans from their homes is just one part of his resume. The Supreme Court ruled that this was unconstitutional. But that didn't stop him now, did it?
- Abraham Lincoln- Whoa, whoa, whoa. Didn't he end slavery? You can't be serious. He shouldn't be on this list. Well he shouldn't be, but here he is. Lincoln attempted to pass a law that would suspend the writ of Habeas Corpus. This allowed Lincoln to just toss people into jail without a trial. Yup, the dude ending slavery also didn't want confederate sympathizers to have a fair trial.
- Teddy Roosevelt- Long story short, under Teddy Roosevelt the government created Panama so they could build the Panama Canal for cheap. Panama split off from Columbia and gained their independence? Happy ending right? Well for the Americans it was. The French sold the Americans land rights to build the Panama Canal without actually consulting Columbia or Panama. Why is this so bad? The American government under Roosevelt ended up creating a civil war down in Central America. Whoops.
- Harry Truman- Threatened to forcibly enlist railway strikers into the military if they didn't get back to work. So much for the right to assemble.
- John F. Kennedy- Supported a plot to overthrow the Iraqi government that lead us to where we are today. Under JFK America supplied weapons and a list of known communists in Iraq. The instructions to the Iraqi "freedom fighters" after that were to remove the communists. Saddam Hussein was part of these "freedom fighters".
- Ronald Reagan- To put it simply, was not a supporter of gay rights. And this took place during the AIDS epidemic. In the 21st century we would not tolerate his attitude towards the gay community.
The list of incredibly terrible things done under the presidents of the United States is far longer than what I have listed. In fact, it would have been significantly better if there wasn't nearly enough events to fill up a list. Never mind having to continue it with etcetera, etcetera... The presidents are people, they aren't perfect. However, I believe they should be good enough to not commit crimes against humanity. Will Trump be the worst president ever? Maybe. But he certainly won't be the first to commit horrific crimes against humanity in office.
Source
http://www.cracked.com/article_16590_6-great-us-presidents-their-crimes-against-humanity.html
http://www.alternet.org/culture/six-most-evil-presidents-us-history
http://www.vice.com/read/a-history-of-crimes-committed-in-the-white-house-817
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_American_federal_politicians_convicted_of_crimes
http://projectcensored.org/16-us-presidents-charged-with-crimes-against-humanity-as-universal-jurisdiction-dies-in-spain/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Presidents_of_the_United_States
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