Was Ronald Reagan our greatest president.

Andrew Jackson was the only president to control the Criminal Bankers, and Get the US treasury in the Black,..the only time we had a Balanced budget. On the other hand he was Kind of a bastard for the way he treated native American Indians On the trail of tears march. Killing thousands, with infected blankets. and forced Winter march.
then there is
this: all president save one,..John "Lackland" Plantagenet, a king of England and signer of the Magna Carta.
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ALL but Martin Van Buren: that makes Him one of a KIND don't you think?
so what did he do?
Martin Van Buren (Dutch: Maarten van Buren About this sound pronunciation (help·info) ; December 5, 1782 – July 24, 1862) was the eighth President of the United States (1837–1841). Before his presidency, he was the eighth Vice President (1833–1837) and the tenth Secretary of State, under Andrew Jackson (1829–1831).

Van Buren was a key organizer of the Democratic Party, a dominant figure in the Second Party System, and the first president not of British or Irish descent—his family was Dutch. He was the first president to be born a United States citizen,[2] his predecessors having been born British subjects before the American Revolution[3]. He is also the only president not to have spoken English as his first language, having grown up speaking Dutch,[4] and the first president from New York.

As Andrew Jackson's Secretary of State and then Vice President, Van Buren was a key figure in building the organizational structure for Jacksonian democracy, particularly in New York State. As president, he did not want the United States to annex Texas, an act which John Tyler would achieve eight years after Van Buren's initial rejection. Between the bloodless Aroostook War and the Caroline Affair, relations with Britain and its colonies in Canada also proved to be strained.

His administration was largely characterized by the economic hardship of his time, the Panic of 1837. He was scapegoated for the depression and called "Martin Van Ruin" by his political opponents. Van Buren was voted out of office after four years, losing to Whig candidate William Henry Harrison.

In 1848 Van Buren ran unsuccessfully for president on a third-party ticket, the Free Soil Party.
by the Way,..Andrew Jackson was My great great great grand father. So I know he was both a hero and A Villain.

Clearly one of the top 5 and the greatest in the last 60 years or so. When he was elected the economy was in shambles, double digit unemployment, double digit inflation, horrible lending rates from banks, etc. america's opinion of itself was so bad there was serious talk about moving to a parliamentary system because the presidency might be too large for one person. We had hostage takings at an embassy, no respect worldwide, were losing our status as a wold leader, and the Cold War and Russian military buildup was accepted. He, with the support and help of Britain's Thatcher and others encouraged and supported Gorbachev, encouraged him to break up the USSR and end the Cold War, and was instrumental in the changes that saw the Berlin Wall fall, etc. America had new and great strong leadership, got the hostages back, and led the fre world once again. That alone would have made him a great president, but he also simplified he tax code, eased regulations, and jumpstarted the economy. By his second term we had one of the sharpest economic increases ever in this country's history, and he oversaw one of the longest and sharpest economic gains overall. Did he make some mistakes? Iran/Contra? Sure. He wasn't perfect and in 8 years had a few doozies, lol. But they all do. Overall, his admin was marked with success after success, and changed the country markedly for the better. It is a shame how the left, seeing how successful he was, has managed to sell their BS to a lot of the country. All segments did much better, minorities, poor, wealthy, middle class... yet its been spun that he only helped the rich. Facts don't bear it out but who takes the time to check facts anymore? We could use a Reaganesque president right now, certainly!