Which American President has had the Greatest Impact on the World
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Washington. I am dubious as to whether anyone else at the time could have sustained a unified nation. The Articles of Confederation were not working, and he was the first President under the new federal system. We might well have had numerous nations in the current USA, which would have had, over the long haul.
White Elk
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I cant comment much of George Washigntons political ability, but from what I have reread of American History he pulled of some brilliant and daring military maneuvers which allowed for the oppurtunity for my nation to gain its independance. That was a significant twist to world politics having a free America.
However I think that for all the worng reasons gw bush may be regarded as the most influential US President. Not that he has done anything good... just that he has highlighted the problems of Modern America which affect the entire world. You can't fix something unless you know its broke. Well I credit gw with showing the world what is broke with the Current world super power. I think of the classic childs poem of Humpty Dumpty...
Well I think that situation faces America today, but I DO think that
we can put it back together again. If not then the end is here.
However I think that for all the worng reasons gw bush may be regarded as the most influential US President. Not that he has done anything good... just that he has highlighted the problems of Modern America which affect the entire world. You can't fix something unless you know its broke. Well I credit gw with showing the world what is broke with the Current world super power. I think of the classic childs poem of Humpty Dumpty...
Well I think that situation faces America today, but I DO think that
we can put it back together again. If not then the end is here.
Narz
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Carter put solar panels on the White House. When Reagen moved in one of the first things he did was take them down.
scipian
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Well, Washington brought the US into existence which has had a large impact on the world. And Truman made two very large impacts on Japan.
MjM
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Washington.
White Elk
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Very true. But although that impact had profound effect on the world, it never reached the magnitude as is present today. For example.. shortly after that time Africa was a place in which to garner slaves. Now African relations based on African resources such as cocoa, diamonds etc has taken a much differnt turn. So to with many other nations. Today is a world in which nearly every nation impacts the others. In Washingtons time, his nation became a player of a few key nations. It is very differant today. Today we live in nations that are impacted by nearly every other nation in the world. This is a very differant dynamic indeed.
The great Presidents of Americas history can never compare to the impact that todays modern Presidents make.
White Elk
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If Washingtons military gambles had lost... then Britain would have owned us and the world would be very differant for sure. Yet still it would not have made the impact that todays global connectedness allows for. In current times on the eve of globalization.... no past leader can make as much of an impact on world dynamics as the leader of a so called 'superpower' can do today. There are still some regions where fortunatly humans are still unaffected by the actions of a single man. But this is few and far between. Everything from our chocolate and coffee to our oil is controlled by a few. Nearly all nations are affected in some way by the policies of the nations that have the power to excert thier influence on any nation which has something they want.
Fugitive Sisyphus
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You mean the Marshall plan
I pick FDR myself. Led America through the Depression, and rallied it up to be the world power it is today. Held things together through WWII, and created the Manhattan Project.
Yeah. Freudian slip.
I picked Truman over FDR because I think the depression adds more domestic points than foreign points and all major powers were going for the bomb.
Kozmos
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Kennedy and Bill Clinton were by far the most sexiest presidents ever and thus they had the greatest impact on world's women.
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Bush falling off his bicycle?
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Washington. The United States weren't very united in the beginning, and I doubt anyone other than GW could have pulled off a unified country. Without that, none of the more modern presidents would even be president. As for modern presidents, would the world really be much different if Truman or Bush didn't take office, but any other ranking member of their party did? Don't confuse a person's impact with a political group's impact.
Cheezy the Wiz
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William Howard Taft. 
But seriously, I think TR deserves a mention. It was during his presidency that the United States really began to step out of its isolationist bubble. The Panamanian Revolution, the Roosevelt Corollary, negotiating and end to the Russo-Japanese War and preventing two other wars (UK vs. Domincan Republic and France vs. Germany), and earning the name "Trust Buster."
But seriously, I think TR deserves a mention. It was during his presidency that the United States really began to step out of its isolationist bubble. The Panamanian Revolution, the Roosevelt Corollary, negotiating and end to the Russo-Japanese War and preventing two other wars (UK vs. Domincan Republic and France vs. Germany), and earning the name "Trust Buster."
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