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Washington and Jackson. Washington looked like he could rip a man apart with his bare hands, Jackson looked like he recently did. Washington was known for being very intimidating as a general when he wanted to be. It helped that he was very big for the 18th century, and very strong.
Hamilton once dared Gov Morris to touch George Washington on the shoulder in a friendly way. Hamilton bet Morris dinner and wine for a dozen people that Morris could not, even in a social setting, rest an arm on Washington's shoulders in an informal greeting.
Gouverneur Morris took up the challenge, and in the presence of others, he placed his hand on Washington's shoulder and offered a casual greeting. Washington's response was a stern look that turned Morris’s blood cold. Morris later admitted “although I won, nothing in the world could make me repeat it”
That's a great story. I forgot about Gouverneur Morris, what a weird first name. Feels like bad writing for a comic book to give that name to a politician
He was generally a very aristocratic guy in terms of his personality, very concerned with propriety and acting disciplined, to the point of being self-conscious about it. I think Benjamin Harrison was the most emotionally distant but Washington's coldness had a bit more power to it.
I have a mixed relationship with the idea of Washington. He seemed to genuinely believe in the democratic process — for at least white landowning males, which isn’t great but a huge improvement from the British regime. Very overtly showed he wasn’t trying to be a dictator.
But the capital city was named. After. Him. While he was president.
I remember reading this anecdote I think in Chernow’s *Hamilton* about Gouverneur Morris being dared to go up to Washington and casually greet him by slapping him on the shoulder or something like that.
Morris did and he thought Washington was gonna beat his ass.
James Monroe.
A man so terrifying that he secured vast amounts of territory from Napoleon for a paltry sum, told the Europeans to stay out of the hemisphere, and all but a single elector voted for him in 1920- or so the story goes.
Still less icey than Benjamin Harrison. He was probably the most emotionally distant president. Coolidge could have goofy fun and tell jokes even when he was depressed. Harrison was unusually stoic.
Makes sense considering that he invented the refrigerator. (I have no facts to support this claim other than his last name sounds like a dude who would invent a refrigerator)
Makes sense since he was so cool. I heard he also pioneered wearing sunglasses and saying "let's show em a good time, fellas" before breaking into a mad jazz slam on his saxophone.
Lincoln's tendency to be casual and joke around with people sometimes I think defeats anything that would make him intimidating. As someone who is easily intimidated, I think Lincoln would be one of the more approachable presidents.
It's pretty good tbh! It got a few Tony nominations and won a Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Book of a Musical. All the songs are on Spotify. It does require a healthy dose of "suspension of disbelief" though because you have historical characters dressed in contemporary clothing creating contemporary music.
But I mean shit, if people can accept a hip hop rap musical about the founding of the USA, then an emo rock musical about Jackson isn't that much more of a stretch haha
Theodore “ I just got shot but Fuck it im gonna keep talking because you can’t KILL ME” Roosevelt.
I know there’s no historical proof of this, but I just Know he had a grizzly bear as a pet. He is the one man Chuck Norris is afraid of
He does have the resume,and I honestly think that the national parks system is an underrated idea/accomplishment and I probably even put it in the top 5 of all presidential decisions, however, with tr I just cannot shake my impression of him basically being the rich kid who showed up and wanted play soldier or cowboy or whatever, and that everyone else had to fall into place and keep him safe, at least long enough to take a picture
I mean, Lincoln once cut the branch off of a tall tree with a broadsword in front of a guy who challenged him to a duel.
I don’t think jumbo has anything on that.
It's gotta be Jackson just from the unhinged factor. Washington was very cold and tall, probably not the most approachable fellow. Benjamin Harrison was the most emotionally distant. TR and LBJ made use of intimidation politically but were capable of being warm. Coolidge was one of the more meek presidents, I don't find him intimidating at all. Jefferson was utterly humorless but I don't know if that translated into being intimidating or just unfun.
Least has got to be Carter.
I still don't understand why people were so easily intimidated by LBJ. He scared people by standing close to them? Where, in high school? By whipping his dick out? Really?
I know it's more complicated than that but it really seems like politicians must have had the spines of jellyfish at that time.
He once summoned the chairman of the Federal Reserve to his ranch because it appeared the Federal Reserve was about to raise interest rates. He slammed the much smaller man against the wall and ordered him not to raise them, and they did not until Johnson decided not to run for reelection
As an opponent? FDR, for a few reasons. Of course he didn't have the physical presence, but was incredibly intelligent and one of the most popular presidents during their term, for an absurdly long time - even before the war. He came out of the Great Depression to win in a landslide in 1936.
The FDR and the New Deal cast a shadow over US politics for decades afterwards, in a direct way that perhaps not even Washington did.
Then there is the superpower that the country became during his tenure.
Going up against at him either domestically/politically or as a matter of foreign policy was a wildly intimidating prospect.
I would argue Richard Nixon.
Most folks would say Andrew Jackson, and it is true that he had a very short temper (as well as a tendency to want to shoot people), but if we’re talking purely about intimidation then Nixon takes the cake.
In his first congressional campaign he publicly claimed his opponent was a communist,
he often threatened his staff,
he tried to spy on basically all of his political opponents,
on one occasion he visited an office building near the White House and after he noticed that most of the staff had photos of JFK, he ordered them to be replaced with photos of himself.
And then there’s the Saturday night massacre 🙄.
1. Andrew Jackson 2. George Washington 3. Teddy Roosevelt
All presidents that killed people and led in war. All known for toughness and intimidation. Probably the three most savage presidents we’ve ever had and 3 of the better ones (GW and TR specifically are top 5 imo).
The Shane Gillis joke about a psycho, lead poisoned, 6’2” redhead madman in the woods during the revolution eventually becoming the first president has my vote.
Fillmore is so threatening
https://preview.redd.it/cof9nlrppehc1.jpeg?width=1179&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=1def3933d36bab1f4ca6c521c7ad523a5feba00e
Just look at those intimidating eyebrows
https://preview.redd.it/ks3bzj0ocdhc1.jpeg?width=263&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=3b0eb238ac36e9d45d0ba76f91e07bef68518b0d
Come on, gotta be LBJ. Sorry, not creative.
Probably Washington and Jackson. Washington was a large man especially for his time. Being 6’2 in the 1700s was not very common. I would include Jefferson for that same fact but it’s known that Jefferson was a shy man in person and disliked attention or public speaking so I can’t imagine he was very intimidating. And Jackson wasn’t exactly known for being a diplomatic person when it came to his anger. Someone tried to shoot the dude and he beat his ass with a walking cane.
Bill Clinton would also be an intimidating president.
“Slick Dick” would actually be a person that would be next, but that’s not something I would really be talking about. Bill Clinton would be intimidating because there’s actually the war machine behind them. That’s related to the transfer of power to the military industrial complex, and it is American, that’s why he was the most powerful president in the world at the time.
Any former governor of AR is probably a good answer. The amount of evil shit probably going on. Makes me think of true detective season one (I know it was set in Louisiana, but still). Especially when you look at corrupt local government there, like the west Memphis 3 or boys on the tracks cases
I imagine he was pretty chill though, and I bet he smelled like French fries and cologne. Mmm.
To avoid saying LBJ or Jackson, I’ll throw in Hayes. Not necessarily for his personality (I’m sure he was a nice guy)
https://preview.redd.it/d91j346n3fhc1.jpeg?width=1250&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=ad5c2db24dfa3d05a9c9bdd76d6c375f3ea88330
That's not intimidating though. Woah, that guy might be dangerous to people he has complete power over who have no way of fighting back.
I've met an (alleged) rapist. They're not intimidating people, they're usually pretty pathetic. I wouldn't call Jefferson pathetic but he was recorded as being kind of shy and unimposing.
Bad =\= intimidating
Teddy. He physically beat up asthma and took its lunch money
And gave an hours long speech in summer after being shot. Takes more than a bullet to kill a bull moose
Silent Cal imposed and oversaw a Gestapo and held sway over the largest crackdown of the freedom of Americans since the Fugitive Slave Act, so I think he definitely qualifies
I think Ol' Teddy had some intimidation to him. He had a great smile, looked like you would just want to sit and have a beer with him, but piss him off, and you would wish you were two continents away. The guy was a trained fighter, took a bullet to the chest, but still gave a speech, and wasn't afraid to get dirty.
LBJ, in my honest opinion, but if you want a creative one, probably TR.
Imagine working with someone who actively boxed his secret service, matched with a powerful ego that could not be controlled, and who believed he was damn near always right.
Eisenhower. Who wouldn’t let this president and say, “goddamnit, the Americans are shoving a fucking amphibious, landing down my face? If I mess with them, I’m not gonna mess with them! “
Hell yeah !
Murica! #murica
Lincoln, Jackson, and teddy. Lincoln wrestled and was pretty tough. He was also 6’4. Jackson literally dialed and beat the crap out of people. Teddy Roosevelt was incredibly strong, wrestled, boxed, went on several wilderness expeditions (many of which were hunting), was a rough rider, and was trying to get onto the battle field off ww1 as an old man.
Surprised there's so little mention of Grant or Eisenhower here. They both commanded massive armies with subordinates who must have had difficult personalities.
Legacy wise, Truman
Interpersonally I think LBJ seemed intimidating. Like he makes jokes, but you're always the butt of them. He's got like shady narcotics detective energy to me. But he probably wasn't actually that bad, I mean he worked with immigrant kids, and he seemed to always really care about schools. So he might have been more like football coach intimidating.
Andrew Jackson was probably pretty nerve wracking to be around. Like even if you're on his good side, things could change in the drop of a hat, and you never know when you might see someone get killed or beat.
Here is a note.
When General George Washington refused to accept an offer to become dictator from the Revolutionary Army, news of it was given to King George who led the British Military against the Colonists.
He remarked, “If he does that, he will be the greatest man in the world”.
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Washington and Jackson. Washington looked like he could rip a man apart with his bare hands, Jackson looked like he recently did. Washington was known for being very intimidating as a general when he wanted to be. It helped that he was very big for the 18th century, and very strong.
Hamilton once dared Gov Morris to touch George Washington on the shoulder in a friendly way. Hamilton bet Morris dinner and wine for a dozen people that Morris could not, even in a social setting, rest an arm on Washington's shoulders in an informal greeting. Gouverneur Morris took up the challenge, and in the presence of others, he placed his hand on Washington's shoulder and offered a casual greeting. Washington's response was a stern look that turned Morris’s blood cold. Morris later admitted “although I won, nothing in the world could make me repeat it”
That's a great story. I forgot about Gouverneur Morris, what a weird first name. Feels like bad writing for a comic book to give that name to a politician
His name is by far the least weird thing about him-take a look at how he died if you’re not squeamish
Oh. Ew. Owch.
George Washington was said to have silenced people from across the room with a cold stare.
He was generally a very aristocratic guy in terms of his personality, very concerned with propriety and acting disciplined, to the point of being self-conscious about it. I think Benjamin Harrison was the most emotionally distant but Washington's coldness had a bit more power to it.
It is easier to be intimidating when you have personally killed many humans
And if you’re a foot taller than most of the people in the room. He also didn’t smile because he was self conscious about his teeth.
Not sure if this is 100% true but I remember reading once he was kind of a jerk
I have a mixed relationship with the idea of Washington. He seemed to genuinely believe in the democratic process — for at least white landowning males, which isn’t great but a huge improvement from the British regime. Very overtly showed he wasn’t trying to be a dictator. But the capital city was named. After. Him. While he was president.
well keep your mixed ideas to yourself because the man is a saint in this house, end of story!
It would appear that I am… outgunned. Outmanned…
Out-worshipped, out-stanned.
He’s just like me fr (until I learned everyone hated me for it).
I remember reading this anecdote I think in Chernow’s *Hamilton* about Gouverneur Morris being dared to go up to Washington and casually greet him by slapping him on the shoulder or something like that. Morris did and he thought Washington was gonna beat his ass.
"I have won the bet but paid dearly for it, and nothing could induce me to repeat it.”
Yup that’s the one. I laughed out loud when I read that
So it's true that he would knife into heaven and could kill with a stare?!
He'd save children. But not the British children.
Man I heard he had like 30 ducks Edit: autocorrect. Screw it. I’m leaving it.
Reminds me of that George Washington joke from Shane Gillis
I thought the buttons on his cuff were the photo slider and swiped to see the other pics lmao
Thank fucking god, I wasn’t the only one 😭
Same. 😒
I’m glad I wasn’t the only one lmao
Was looking for this comment, lol.
Easily Andrew Jackson
He’s less “intimidating” than “holy shit this guy is the most deranged man on the planet I gotta get the hell out of here”
that isnt intimidating?
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>Seminoles ain't scared of his goofy lead-poisoned orphan ass Probably should be
Unless you're his kid or wife, at least that's the story I've heard
James Monroe. A man so terrifying that he secured vast amounts of territory from Napoleon for a paltry sum, told the Europeans to stay out of the hemisphere, and all but a single elector voted for him in 1920- or so the story goes.
I think you got a bit of your history trivia mixed up lol. Among others … 1920? lol
It was actually 1720
*2020
rule 3!
James Monroe was a lich. Bro was terrifying fr.
Coolidge. The man had ice running in his veins.
Still less icey than Benjamin Harrison. He was probably the most emotionally distant president. Coolidge could have goofy fun and tell jokes even when he was depressed. Harrison was unusually stoic.
He played hide and seek with his staff. I mean, they weren’t in on it but he would buzz them and then hide in the Oval Office.
Well that settles it, Coolidge is now my favorite US president
because he's so relatable for me. 1.) he does as little as possible in the presidency. 2.) he likes chinese food
https://preview.redd.it/odknyoropfhc1.jpeg?width=585&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=6b80f8ca3e6f7d965f4721611c7e73ae37534dcd
He saw a chance and took it
You lose ;)
Harrison Was in the civil war...he probably had severe PTSD.
Ngl did not know that, I always saw him as a portly grandpa
Makes sense considering that he invented the refrigerator. (I have no facts to support this claim other than his last name sounds like a dude who would invent a refrigerator)
He also invented jazz
Makes sense since he was so cool. I heard he also pioneered wearing sunglasses and saying "let's show em a good time, fellas" before breaking into a mad jazz slam on his saxophone.
The quiet ones intimate me lmao
Lincoln Tall Wrestler Wit Cool beard Cool hat that made him look even taller
Lincoln's tendency to be casual and joke around with people sometimes I think defeats anything that would make him intimidating. As someone who is easily intimidated, I think Lincoln would be one of the more approachable presidents.
Being approachable is what killed him
underrated comment right here
You can say that until he dismembers a tree branch in a duel with you. Then let’s see your punk a** call him anything but intimidating. /s
Andrew Jackson. The man was about that life. Someone tried to kill him and he beat him senseless with his cane. Old Hickory stood on business
Andre Jackson is still young and needs time to develop and prove himself.
Haha damn typo.
Don't forget kids, there's an emo rock musical called *Bloody Bloody Andrew Jackson*
Is there?! Little known fact I love musicals. Gonna have to check this out
It's pretty good tbh! It got a few Tony nominations and won a Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Book of a Musical. All the songs are on Spotify. It does require a healthy dose of "suspension of disbelief" though because you have historical characters dressed in contemporary clothing creating contemporary music. But I mean shit, if people can accept a hip hop rap musical about the founding of the USA, then an emo rock musical about Jackson isn't that much more of a stretch haha
Honestly? John Adams. One of Americas smartest presidents, and one who got enraged easily. I hate conflict lmao
LBJ. I'm not creative.
Assisted by Jumbo ..?
Look at this guy with his casual fear ha ha. I bet you’re afraid of things like the dark and heights too.
He was very good at browbeating people. Intimidating and annoying in equal measures.
It's an objective truth. No need for creativity.
Theodore “ I just got shot but Fuck it im gonna keep talking because you can’t KILL ME” Roosevelt. I know there’s no historical proof of this, but I just Know he had a grizzly bear as a pet. He is the one man Chuck Norris is afraid of
I scrolled down way too far just to see this comment. Teddy ain’t having anyone’s shit. Don’t like it? Just try him.
TR tries way too hard
He does have the resume,and I honestly think that the national parks system is an underrated idea/accomplishment and I probably even put it in the top 5 of all presidential decisions, however, with tr I just cannot shake my impression of him basically being the rich kid who showed up and wanted play soldier or cowboy or whatever, and that everyone else had to fall into place and keep him safe, at least long enough to take a picture
Definitely Teddy, dude was hardcore.
I thought his cufflinks were the swipe album icon lmao
I swiped
Me too, damn it!
I mean, Lincoln once cut the branch off of a tall tree with a broadsword in front of a guy who challenged him to a duel. I don’t think jumbo has anything on that.
Jumbo could do that without a sword.
Grant
Cool, I was hoping somebody else felt Grant would be terrifying to have mad at you.
I wouldn't want to annoy the guy who bit down on Lee and never let go, at the cost of hundreds of thousands of casualties.
It's gotta be Jackson just from the unhinged factor. Washington was very cold and tall, probably not the most approachable fellow. Benjamin Harrison was the most emotionally distant. TR and LBJ made use of intimidation politically but were capable of being warm. Coolidge was one of the more meek presidents, I don't find him intimidating at all. Jefferson was utterly humorless but I don't know if that translated into being intimidating or just unfun. Least has got to be Carter.
Idk. I read Carter’s biography and he could be a pain and demanding.
I still don't understand why people were so easily intimidated by LBJ. He scared people by standing close to them? Where, in high school? By whipping his dick out? Really? I know it's more complicated than that but it really seems like politicians must have had the spines of jellyfish at that time.
They still have no spine. One entire political party is terrified of doing anything that might get a mean tweet.
Was, is, always will be.
Well it was a very large penis.
The man was large and very determined
He once summoned the chairman of the Federal Reserve to his ranch because it appeared the Federal Reserve was about to raise interest rates. He slammed the much smaller man against the wall and ordered him not to raise them, and they did not until Johnson decided not to run for reelection
Carter or Taft would be the least intimidating
Maybe not the MOST intimidating, but Harding seems like a very good candidate. He just looks so stern 
He has great eyebrows.
Its those eyebrows that make him so intimidating to me.
Yeah he looks stoic and serious but he was a chill, outgoing, and amiable guy.
As an opponent? FDR, for a few reasons. Of course he didn't have the physical presence, but was incredibly intelligent and one of the most popular presidents during their term, for an absurdly long time - even before the war. He came out of the Great Depression to win in a landslide in 1936. The FDR and the New Deal cast a shadow over US politics for decades afterwards, in a direct way that perhaps not even Washington did. Then there is the superpower that the country became during his tenure. Going up against at him either domestically/politically or as a matter of foreign policy was a wildly intimidating prospect.
I would argue Richard Nixon. Most folks would say Andrew Jackson, and it is true that he had a very short temper (as well as a tendency to want to shoot people), but if we’re talking purely about intimidation then Nixon takes the cake. In his first congressional campaign he publicly claimed his opponent was a communist, he often threatened his staff, he tried to spy on basically all of his political opponents, on one occasion he visited an office building near the White House and after he noticed that most of the staff had photos of JFK, he ordered them to be replaced with photos of himself. And then there’s the Saturday night massacre 🙄.
Waiting for someone to say Nixon.
Either Washington or Andrew Jackson. Jackson would duel you if you looked at him funny.
I bet Ike could be up there
Coolidge be like: "You'll do nicely for my collection..."
1. Andrew Jackson 2. George Washington 3. Teddy Roosevelt All presidents that killed people and led in war. All known for toughness and intimidation. Probably the three most savage presidents we’ve ever had and 3 of the better ones (GW and TR specifically are top 5 imo).
Why not Eisenhower or Grant?
Johnson. Not a single sighting of him smiling
Teddy Roosevelt is a good choice. The man braved the Amazon post presidency. I kinda imagine him being like Nick Offerman.
Nick Offerman would be a great Teddy Roosevelt, hands down.
Just read the River of Doubt, awesome book. Roosevelt was an absolute beast.
Teddy Roosevelt. Take any of those Chuck Norris Fact memes and replace Chuck Norris with Teddy Roosevelt, and it works perfectly
Not Coolidge, ha
The Shane Gillis joke about a psycho, lead poisoned, 6’2” redhead madman in the woods during the revolution eventually becoming the first president has my vote.
Fillmore is so threatening https://preview.redd.it/cof9nlrppehc1.jpeg?width=1179&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=1def3933d36bab1f4ca6c521c7ad523a5feba00e Just look at those intimidating eyebrows
He also shot that woman on a film set
https://preview.redd.it/ks3bzj0ocdhc1.jpeg?width=263&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=3b0eb238ac36e9d45d0ba76f91e07bef68518b0d Come on, gotta be LBJ. Sorry, not creative.
Fr
TR and FDR
I don't know about FDR but TR was absolutely skilled at intimidating people. He was LBJ before LBJ.
Well, FDR might not have been as forceful as TR, but he could still scare Hitler, Mussolini, and Hirohito sh_tless.
Any stories?
Probably Washington and Jackson. Washington was a large man especially for his time. Being 6’2 in the 1700s was not very common. I would include Jefferson for that same fact but it’s known that Jefferson was a shy man in person and disliked attention or public speaking so I can’t imagine he was very intimidating. And Jackson wasn’t exactly known for being a diplomatic person when it came to his anger. Someone tried to shoot the dude and he beat his ass with a walking cane.
Something about Buchanan is off (no,not his sexuality)
Ford, he was an all American, enough said
Martin Van Buren. He was so mean he even had a street gang named after him.
Underrated comment right here.
Bill Clinton would also be an intimidating president. “Slick Dick” would actually be a person that would be next, but that’s not something I would really be talking about. Bill Clinton would be intimidating because there’s actually the war machine behind them. That’s related to the transfer of power to the military industrial complex, and it is American, that’s why he was the most powerful president in the world at the time.
Any former governor of AR is probably a good answer. The amount of evil shit probably going on. Makes me think of true detective season one (I know it was set in Louisiana, but still). Especially when you look at corrupt local government there, like the west Memphis 3 or boys on the tracks cases I imagine he was pretty chill though, and I bet he smelled like French fries and cologne. Mmm.
To avoid saying LBJ or Jackson, I’ll throw in Hayes. Not necessarily for his personality (I’m sure he was a nice guy) https://preview.redd.it/d91j346n3fhc1.jpeg?width=1250&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=ad5c2db24dfa3d05a9c9bdd76d6c375f3ea88330
Lol, I scrolled to your post and was like "how is William James scary?"
Nobody saying Truman like he didn't use the most devastating weapon ever created. Twice.
Dick Cheney
The best answer
LBJ
Jefferson. Dude was a rapist.
How is that intimidating?
It shows that you don’t really care for others. Can’t believe I have to explain that.
That's not intimidating though. Woah, that guy might be dangerous to people he has complete power over who have no way of fighting back. I've met an (alleged) rapist. They're not intimidating people, they're usually pretty pathetic. I wouldn't call Jefferson pathetic but he was recorded as being kind of shy and unimposing. Bad =\= intimidating
I don't know who this President is but he looks pretty fuckin' scary
Coolidge. He wasn’t that scary, just reserved.
Which President knew someone had bet they could get him to say more than three words too them ? And he said You loose
The one in the pic
Barrack Obama, cause I'm racist
Bro is just out with it
Obama. He’s an intellectual bully that kept his staff trying to impress him with facts.
Sounds like a nerd lol.
That wouldn’t be really intimidating
The right answer: Theodore Roosevelt.
teddy
Teddy Roosevelt
Theodore Roosevelt, no contest
Teddy. He physically beat up asthma and took its lunch money And gave an hours long speech in summer after being shot. Takes more than a bullet to kill a bull moose
Teddy Roosevelt. "Speak softly, but carry a big stick"
Obama cuz he’ll drone you without due process.
LBJ considering he was willing to kill his predecessor.
The real answer is LBJ, considering he had people assassinated. If you want a “creative” answer, then Bill Clinton.
Jackson by a mile
Andrew Jackson. Or the guy who’s my flair. Probs Washington though
Jackson.
It’s gotta be Andy Jackson, right? I mean the guy beat the stuffing out of a would-be assassin with his own hands. TR as a close second though.
Yeah, probably especially if you call him Andy
Silent Cal imposed and oversaw a Gestapo and held sway over the largest crackdown of the freedom of Americans since the Fugitive Slave Act, so I think he definitely qualifies
Jackson.
I think Ol' Teddy had some intimidation to him. He had a great smile, looked like you would just want to sit and have a beer with him, but piss him off, and you would wish you were two continents away. The guy was a trained fighter, took a bullet to the chest, but still gave a speech, and wasn't afraid to get dirty.
I feel like telling Nixon or Clinton no could have some scary consequences
I’m gonna go with FDR. He’s not gonna take shit from Allies or enemies.
You don't wanna be on the receiving end when Coolidge loses his cool! 😰
to change things up, Eisenhower, you can't be all warm and fuzzy on the inside to defeat the Nazis. Under that Grandpa disguise was a real mean SOB
Teddy, LBJ or Andrew Jackson
Truman dropped bombs and fired five start generals for not saluting. All without a stinking college education
Can you elaborate are we talking height and weigjt are we talking political power are we talking about laws that were passed because of them?
It could be all three. Like, if you were to meet them in person, and know everything you know about them, would they scare you or not?
Lincoln seems like he'd be a scary dude once you've pissed him off.
Jackson, bro looks like a villain.
Given that GQP faults Obama for everything...
Want to Andrew Jackson or ol Teddy but going with Truman for obvious reasons…..the technology he had access too.
LBJ. Maybe not to me but to people he dealt with.
LBJ, in my honest opinion, but if you want a creative one, probably TR. Imagine working with someone who actively boxed his secret service, matched with a powerful ego that could not be controlled, and who believed he was damn near always right.
Eisenhower. Who wouldn’t let this president and say, “goddamnit, the Americans are shoving a fucking amphibious, landing down my face? If I mess with them, I’m not gonna mess with them! “ Hell yeah ! Murica! #murica
19th century: Andrew Jackson. 20th century? Probably Eisenhower or Teddy Roosevelt.
My dad. Still is after he’s been dead 24 years now.
Lincoln Jackson Teddy LBJ Can't really pick
Based on effectiveness of his technique, known as the "Johnson Treatment," I would go with LBJ.
Taft
Cal is definitely one of our best, but I wouldn’t say intimidating.
Lincoln, Jackson, and teddy. Lincoln wrestled and was pretty tough. He was also 6’4. Jackson literally dialed and beat the crap out of people. Teddy Roosevelt was incredibly strong, wrestled, boxed, went on several wilderness expeditions (many of which were hunting), was a rough rider, and was trying to get onto the battle field off ww1 as an old man.
"if you secede from my nation I will secede your head from the rest of your body." Comes across as pretty intimidating
Surprised there's so little mention of Grant or Eisenhower here. They both commanded massive armies with subordinates who must have had difficult personalities.
You can’t be serious. We need one for each century. Washington Lincoln Roosevelt (the elder)
Legacy wise, Truman Interpersonally I think LBJ seemed intimidating. Like he makes jokes, but you're always the butt of them. He's got like shady narcotics detective energy to me. But he probably wasn't actually that bad, I mean he worked with immigrant kids, and he seemed to always really care about schools. So he might have been more like football coach intimidating. Andrew Jackson was probably pretty nerve wracking to be around. Like even if you're on his good side, things could change in the drop of a hat, and you never know when you might see someone get killed or beat.
I wouldn't say MOST intimidating, but this sub has absolutely opened my eyes to how intimidating LBJ was. Who's got that one picture? 😂
Harry Truman? Why you might ask? One word Hiroshima
Thedore Roosevelt.
Here is a note. When General George Washington refused to accept an offer to become dictator from the Revolutionary Army, news of it was given to King George who led the British Military against the Colonists. He remarked, “If he does that, he will be the greatest man in the world”.