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Forty six percent of respondents named Mr Trump as the worst president in history, with the survey carried out between February 6 and February 9.
It was produced with The Economist and surveyed 1,500 US adults.
Five percent of voters chose Richard Nixon, who faced reputational ruin after the Watergate scandal, as the worst president ever.
In response to who they deemed the best president in history, Mr Obama topped the list on 18 percent.
Abraham Lincoln followed in a close second with 17 percent.
Donald Trump was voted worst US president by nearly half (Image: Getty)
Barack Obama received more favourable results (Image: Getty)
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The files are connected to the ‘Crossfire Hurricane’ probe which assessed possible links between associates of Mr Trump and Russian officials. It was carried out from July 31, 2016 to May 17, 2017 and no such links were discovered.
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Mary Trump posted on Twitter condemning the Pro-Trump protests in Washington, where supporters broke into the Capitol building to stop members of Congress from certifying the results of the US election. The President has continually refused to concede the election to Joe Biden, claiming at a Save America rally Democrats have “stolen the election”. Mr Trump’s claims of electoral fraud have been dismissed by independent observers and a number of legal challenges launched b
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Pro-Trump protesters stormed the US Capitol building yesterday as Congress attempted to certify the results of last year’s election. Mr Trump said ahead of the vote to the Save America rally “we’re going to walk down” to Congress before calling on them to “do the right thing and only count the electors who have been lawfully slated”. Mr Trump’s claims of electoral fraud have been dismissed by independent observers and a number of legal challenges launched by his campai
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The outgoing US President posted a video calling on pro-Trump supporters to “go home now” from the Capitol Building in Washington DC after the group broke into the state building during the certification of the election results. But Mr Trump also continued to promote his claims the election, won by Joe Biden, was “stolen” in the video, and added the protesters were “very special”. Mr Trump’s claims of electoral fraud have been dismissed by independent observers and a