To the Editor:Re “Maybe Trump Wasn’t the Worst President Ever?,” by Mark K. Updegrove (Opinion guest essay, nytimes.com, July 1):James Buchanan has long occupied last place in the rankings of U.S. presidents, but thanks to Donald Trump, it looked as if he was on the verge of surrendering that ignominy. After all, Mr. Trump seemed to be the strongest candidate in the last 100 years to displace Buchanan. Unfortunately for Buchanan, the 142 presidential historians who participated in C-SPAN’s just released 2021 Presidential Historians Survey decided otherwise. For the country’s sake, there will hopefully be no future contenders for the title of Worst President Ever. But time will not be as kind to Donald Trump.

Source: International New York Times July 08, 2021 15:45 UTC