re: Which presidents were the best public speakers?

I’ve seen enough instances of Obama speaking without hours and hours of rehearsal and the aid of a teleprompter to know he wasn’t that good of a public speaker.

Reagan was a very good speaker (he should be given his acting back ground). JFK was a good speech maker, there isn’t a lot of footage I’ve seen of him off the cuff to know how he was in a more casual environment.


Trump is a very good public speaker but he rambles some and has a problem with facts (he’s a good bullshitter though).


Clinton, once you got past his southern drawl (fake) was a very good speaker with a ton of fake empathy - again unmoored by facts.

I’d say the best in modern era is probably Reagan.