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  "id": 4120018,
  "title": "Trump ranks himself 'greatest' US president ever, above Lincoln, Washington",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/29/trump-ranks-himself-greatest-us-president-ever-above-lincoln-4120018",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-08-29T06:07:02.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The Korea Times",
    "slug": "the-korea-times-koreatimes",
    "url": "https://www.koreatimes.co.kr/world/20260829/trump-ranks-himself-greatest-us-president-ever-above-lincoln-washington"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "Donald Trump, in a surprising claim, has placed himself in the highest tier of U.S. presidents, above even revered figures like George Washington and Abraham Lincoln. The president shared a chart on Truth Social, ranking the 34 commanders-in-chief across six categories: The Greatest, Great, Near Great, Average, Below Average, and Failures. Trump was the sole president categorized under The Greatest. Washington and Jefferson, co-founders of the nation, and Lincoln, who guided the country through the Civil War and issued the Emancipation Proclamation, were collectively labeled as Great. Conversely, Trump's political adversaries, former Presidents Joe Biden, Barack Obama, and Jimmy Carter, were placed in the Failures category. The ranking, however, is based on an assessment from nearly 80 years ago, a fact that drew considerable ridicule online.",
  "summary": "U.S. President Donald Trump has ranked himself as the \"greatest\" president in American history, placing even George Washington and Abraham Lincoln one tier below him. Trump shared a chart on Truth Social on Friday ranking 34 U.S. presidents across six tiers: \"The Greatest,\" \"Great,\" \"Near Great,\" \"Average,\" \"Below Average\" and \"Failures.\" Trump was the only president placed in \"The Greatest\"…",
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    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "Malay Mail",
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        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/29/why-trump-keeps-changing-the-subject-is-the-us-president-distracted",
        "published": "2026-08-29T05:44:40.000Z"
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      {
        "outlet": "The Korea Times",
        "title": "Trump ranks himself 'greatest' US president ever, above Lincoln, Washington",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/29/trump-ranks-himself-greatest-us-president-ever-above-lincoln",
        "published": "2026-08-29T06:02:04.000Z"
      }
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}