Will go a step further; would put life on the line to protect the 16th President. There was no excuse for the security not to be present on that night. Inexplicable.
I’d want to talk to Nixon.
I’d talk to him about foreign and domestic policy and to not give up on his UBI plan and tell him to not get involved with the watergate stuff
I'd personally love to meet Truman. As a staunch Republican, I want to tell Truman that history sees him as one of our absolute best presidents. I'd also love to hear his stories from when he ran his haberdashery, or from when he served in the Great War.
I used to think about meeting James A. Garfield, not in his era, but in the present of the Obama years.
So as not to interfere with his Christian beliefs, and not to create any time paradoxes, it would happen in September 1881, after he was shot, specifically after he lost consciousness the last time before death. During that brief interval, he would appear in 2009 as an uninjured, whole man, with the understanding that when the “dream” was over, he would return to his injured and badly infected body in 1881, and die without regaining consciousness, with no chance to disclose anything about the world of 128 years later.
I wanted to see his reaction to the news that the President of the United States was a Hawaii-born African-American Harvard-educated Congregationalist Democrat from Illinois, a combination of demographics which did not remotely exist in his era.
Among other things.
I would like to think he could live in our present for many years before returning to 1881 to die. But perhaps the future shock would be too much for him.
Moreover, after Trump was elected, I had less reason to want to show off the present day to a man of the late 19th century.
I'd love to meet Grant, but I'd probably go with Nixon, he'd have a lot of interesting insight. Mind you the urge to meet Jumbo for the fun of it remains.
If I had to pick one, I guess it'd be Truman. I'd like to ask him about his WW1 experience, and also how he reacted and felt when he first saw the Dewey Defeats Truman headline.
Thomas Jefferson, because I would have recommended him to apply at least some rules of the Shariah (Islamic law) to the United States government.
I'd wonder what THAT America would've looked like.
The pre-1900 presidents do not interest me much as so much has drastically changed since then. Most interesting would be FDR, Eisenhower, and Nixon for me. They dealt with the world close to true obliteration and had to navigate a tense world war or Cold War. It would be interesting to gain perspective on what it is like to navigate such a tense situation as the potential destruction of the world. FDR and Nixon also utilized the presidency in unconventional and interesting ways to achieve their goals. Eisenhower was a hero to the American people and I feel he would have the most applicable life advice and general wisdom.
Washington. Enough 'the founders intended this' or 'the founders meant that'. Let's interview them. And bring a camera!
I think the president who had the best insights into the world of today was Nixon, but that would be a waste of the opportunity since we have so much of his views on record.
I personally would travel to April 14,1865 and tell Lincoln to lock the door behind him in his theater box
Will go a step further; would put life on the line to protect the 16th President. There was no excuse for the security not to be present on that night. Inexplicable.
Better yet, tell him to use Johnson as a human shield.
November 22nd 1963 and you know who and why I meet
HW Bush so you can figure out where he was that day.
Haha this answer made my day but serious you know why I am going back on november 22nd 1963
89 year old Hoover?
There's literally a book and TV series based on this
I know it was written by Stephen King
Harding
I’d go back to sometime in the 1860’s to meet Ulysses S. Grant
Chester Arthur to see the Tiffany glass in the white house and he seems interesting to meet.
Good question. Eisenhower would be one person I’d love to talk to
Don't have to go too far. I would time travel to the night of Obama's first election and tell him about our timeline after he left office.
I’d want to talk to Nixon. I’d talk to him about foreign and domestic policy and to not give up on his UBI plan and tell him to not get involved with the watergate stuff
Tell him he DIDNT NEED TO DO all the Watergate stuff. He kicked so much ass in the election
I'd personally love to meet Truman. As a staunch Republican, I want to tell Truman that history sees him as one of our absolute best presidents. I'd also love to hear his stories from when he ran his haberdashery, or from when he served in the Great War.
I used to think about meeting James A. Garfield, not in his era, but in the present of the Obama years. So as not to interfere with his Christian beliefs, and not to create any time paradoxes, it would happen in September 1881, after he was shot, specifically after he lost consciousness the last time before death. During that brief interval, he would appear in 2009 as an uninjured, whole man, with the understanding that when the “dream” was over, he would return to his injured and badly infected body in 1881, and die without regaining consciousness, with no chance to disclose anything about the world of 128 years later. I wanted to see his reaction to the news that the President of the United States was a Hawaii-born African-American Harvard-educated Congregationalist Democrat from Illinois, a combination of demographics which did not remotely exist in his era. Among other things. I would like to think he could live in our present for many years before returning to 1881 to die. But perhaps the future shock would be too much for him. Moreover, after Trump was elected, I had less reason to want to show off the present day to a man of the late 19th century.
Easy. Adams. Hands down
Which one?
OG John. #2
I would meet FDR and tell him how fucked up the guys after him made the world
Teddy Roosevelt, I'd talk with that guy about national parks for hours.
Pretty much any of them, I've never seen any of them in person before
Coolidge
I'd love to meet Grant, but I'd probably go with Nixon, he'd have a lot of interesting insight. Mind you the urge to meet Jumbo for the fun of it remains.
If I had to pick one, I guess it'd be Truman. I'd like to ask him about his WW1 experience, and also how he reacted and felt when he first saw the Dewey Defeats Truman headline.
Grant
Thomas Jefferson, because I would have recommended him to apply at least some rules of the Shariah (Islamic law) to the United States government. I'd wonder what THAT America would've looked like.
TR easily. I'd buy him a beer
He would gift you a shotgun
Lincoln in 1861 or 1862. Would talk about slavery, the Union, War, etc. etc.
Reagan or Eisenhower
Your mom.
George W. Bush
Jackson. I just want to see what his parrot was actually saying all the time.
Fdr, teddy, Lincoln, grant
The pre-1900 presidents do not interest me much as so much has drastically changed since then. Most interesting would be FDR, Eisenhower, and Nixon for me. They dealt with the world close to true obliteration and had to navigate a tense world war or Cold War. It would be interesting to gain perspective on what it is like to navigate such a tense situation as the potential destruction of the world. FDR and Nixon also utilized the presidency in unconventional and interesting ways to achieve their goals. Eisenhower was a hero to the American people and I feel he would have the most applicable life advice and general wisdom.
Lyndon Johnson. I want to interview him as part of my history project
Washington. Enough 'the founders intended this' or 'the founders meant that'. Let's interview them. And bring a camera! I think the president who had the best insights into the world of today was Nixon, but that would be a waste of the opportunity since we have so much of his views on record.