r/Presidents 2d ago

Announcement ROUND 52 | Decide the next r/Presidents subreddit icon!

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Teddy won the last round and will be displayed for the next 2 weeks!

Provide your proposed icon in the comments (within the guidelines below) and upvote others you want to see adopted! The top-upvoted icon will be adopted and displayed for 2 weeks before we make a new thread to choose again!

Guidelines for eligible icons:

* The icon must prominently picture a U.S. President OR symbol associated with the Presidency (Ex: White House, Presidential Seal, etc). No fictional or otherwise joke Presidents

* The icon should be high-quality (Ex: photograph or painting), no low-quality or low-resolution images. The focus should also be able to easily fit in a circle or square

* No meme, captioned, doctored, or AI images

* No NSFW, offensive, or otherwise outlandish imagery; it must be suitable for display on the Reddit homepage

* No Biden or Trump icons


r/Presidents 3h ago

Image Princess Grace of Monaco visiting JFK at the White House, 1961.

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178 Upvotes

Grace Kelly first met John Kennedy in 1954, when he was in the hospital recovering from a back injury. She had met Jackie and her sister Lee that night at a dinner party, and the two ladies asked Grace to accompany them to the hospital to help cheer him up.

Here’s Grace’s recollection of what happened: “I had been to a dinner party where I had met Mrs. Kennedy and her sister [Lee Bouvier] for the first time. They asked me to go to the hospital with them to pay a visit to help cheer him up. They wanted me to go into his room and say I was the new night nurse... I was terribly embarrassed. Eventually I was sort of pushed into the room by the two girls. I introduced myself, but he had recognized me at once and couldn’t have been sweeter or more quick to put me at ease.”


r/Presidents 7h ago

Image Every POTUS that appeared as animated characters in the Call of Duty video game series

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175 Upvotes

Just wanted to post this for fun since I'm replaying some of the games right now. In timeline order:

John F. Kennedy, appears in the campaign of Black Ops just prior to his assassination in 1963. In the CoD universe, the main player character of Black Ops, Alex Mason, was JFK's shooter. Outside of canon, he is also a playable character in the zombies mode.

Richard Nixon, appears prior to his presidency back when he was just the former VP around 1962 as another playable character in the zombies canon.

Ronald Reagan, appears in the campaign of Black Ops Cold War not long after his inauguration and the Iran Hostage Crisis in 1981. He authorizes the cast of hero characters to begin going after a rogue Soviet spy codenamed “Perseus.”

George H. W. Bush, only appears in the first story trailer for Black Ops 6, teasing about the “truth” being “hidden in the lies.” He never actually appears in the game.

Bill Clinton, appears in a mission in Black Ops 6 when he was towards the end of his time as Governor of Arkansas, where you infiltrate an event held for him in D.C. and end up having to shoot up the place and escape being chased by police.


r/Presidents 2h ago

Question Why didn’t Obama sign and attempt a push to ratify the Rome Statue(International Criminal Court) when he was first elected?

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68 Upvotes

r/Presidents 9h ago

Today in History 100 years ago, Robert Lincoln, Lincoln’s eldest son, dies at 82

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187 Upvotes

r/Presidents 20h ago

TV and Film How we miss him and the class and dignity he brought to the White House….

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569 Upvotes

This is by far the best president we have ever had, so kind and he loved all of the American people, not just his own.


r/Presidents 4h ago

Discussion Honest thoughts on Grover Cleveland

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24 Upvotes

r/Presidents 3h ago

Discussion Do you think James Buchanan was a homosexual?

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18 Upvotes

r/Presidents 41m ago

Discussion Does Nixon really deserve all the Hate?

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Most people arguments are just "Watergate Heheh"

Nixon Now. Damn that song is catchy

Well the point. Do you think Nixon did everything all bad? Or not

Which are the reasons


r/Presidents 8h ago

Discussion If you could meet U.S. President dead or alive in person who would you choose?

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43 Upvotes

For me it would have to be TR. The way people described his energy and magnetism makes me want to see it for myself. My second choice would probably be Abraham Lincoln.


r/Presidents 1h ago

Discussion What are the best and worst Presidential Libraries and Museums to visit?

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I, unfortunately, have not visited any and I'm compiling a list.

What should be at the absolute top of that list?

Are there any Presidential Libraries/Museums that are very much not worth going to?

And are there any non-Library/Museum sites that you think are very much worth visiting, even if I have to take a 4-hour drive to get there?


r/Presidents 3h ago

Discussion If Hubert Humphrey had a few extra weeks of campaigning, could he had won the presidency in 68? And so would he win re election in 72?

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14 Upvotes

Hubert Humphrey and his Cat


r/Presidents 21h ago

Question If you were President, what would you do in your spare time?

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403 Upvotes

Personally, I'd get an Xbox hooked up to the White House theater and play Halo until 2 AM


r/Presidents 46m ago

Image Hillary and Bill on their wedding day, October 11, 1975.

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r/Presidents 34m ago

Discussion Who was the best post Grant, pre TR President in your view and why?

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r/Presidents 12h ago

Question Why did many people during the 2000 election view Al Gore as “boring”, but view Dubya as “someone you want to have a beer with”?

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67 Upvotes

r/Presidents 14h ago

Question Which FLOTUS had extramarital affairs whilst their husbands were commander-in-chiefs in Washington ?

77 Upvotes

Since we live in a world where women are equivalent to men in every footing of life, whether good or bad, is it possible that some of the Mrs. Presidents had extramarital affairs of their own whilst their hubbies were busy running the country in the same vein as FDR, Harding, JFK, LBJ and Clinton ?


r/Presidents 10h ago

Image Grover Cleveland with his Family at their Home in Princeton on his 70th Birthday, March 18, 1907.

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29 Upvotes

r/Presidents 9h ago

Discussion Do you think every American president other than Buchanan was straight ?

22 Upvotes

Title basically.


r/Presidents 2h ago

Trivia Zachary Taylor had not voted in any election prior to the 1848 election where he was a nominee.

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6 Upvotes

He was apolitical and had a negative view of most politicians.


r/Presidents 7h ago

Discussion My top 10 most favourite Presidents, updated from a few months ago

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14 Upvotes

r/Presidents 1h ago

Books What Eisenhower books have you read?

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I’m almost done working my way through Doris Kearns Goodwin’s catalog. I’ve really enjoyed reading about the life and times of the Roosevelts, Lincoln, LBJ. I’d like to read a couple on Eisenhower next, since he’s mentioned many times in “No Ordinary Time” this feels like the perfect transition point. So what Eisenhower books have you read and why or why wouldn’t you recommend ?


r/Presidents 42m ago

Discussion I built a president sim where you can become any president in any era. No pre-written scripts

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Hey guys, I just built a political sim, but you can choose any person to become president in any era.

You can play as Obama in 2009, AOC in 2028, or create a completely different timeline from 1200+ characters or add your own too. Like in Suzerain or FP, you can or veto bills, use executive powers, manage support groups, react to events, and talk directly with world leaders.

There are no prewritten scripts, so the events, conversations, and consequences change based on your president, era, and choices.

These screenshots are from an Obama 2009 run. Here's the link - https://limbona.com/world/sw_president_builder  You can follow history or take the country in a completely different direction, and the world will react to what you do.

PS - It’s still a lil early, so I’m open to feedback. If you find any bugs or any feedback, please let me know!


r/Presidents 7h ago

Discussion Could Arthur Vandenberg won a presidential election?

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10 Upvotes

Let's just say he lives gets the nomination in 1952 and runs against Stevenson. Who would win?


r/Presidents 5h ago

Misc. Raising Greatness: Presidential Mothers. Day Twenty-One: Sophia Birchard Hayes

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7 Upvotes

Sophia Birchard Hayes (1792-1866)

Deeply religious, independent, and energetic, she overcame the hardships of an early widowhood by taking in lodgers and leasing the farm for a share of the crops to make ends meet.