In historians' Presidents Day survey, Biden vs. Trump is not a close call

Reagan did a lot of awful, criminal things, but when Gorbachev brought Glasnost to the table, Reagan did not fuck that up and ushered in the end of the Soviet Union.

Reagan was loved by the country at the time and was extremely effective at implementing his agenda.

All of it is monstrous to me as well, but to compare him to Trump, who didn't even try to implement much of an agenda and literally had ZERO party platform for his second term... it makes a little more sense in that context.

It's a bad list overall.

• Pierce < Trump: Pierce caused Bleeding Kansas

• Coolidge > Jackson: Indian Citizenship Act Vs Indian Removal Act

• Grant > Wilson: Wilson was incredibly racist even for his time

Also worth crediting him on the infrastructure deal. This piece of legislation had a lot of needed stuff in it.
For instance
Money to replace lead service pipes
Money for bridges, etc
A HUGE sorely needed investment in public transportation including passenger rail
Various green initiatives (ev charger network, solar and power efficiency incentives)
Etc.

It has been a really long time since the federal government has delivered anything (besides tax cuts that lean towards the wealthy) so it's a big deal that this was pushed through.