Ep. 2048 - Trump Ranks the Best American Presidents artwork

Ep. 2048 - Trump Ranks the Best American Presidents

The Michael Knowles Show

August 28, 2026

President Trump ranks the greatest presidents and has conservatives irate, Lake Ontario becomes "Lake America," and archaeologists "discover" Jesus' tomb. Ep.
Speakers: Michael Knowles, Donald Trump, John Bolton

Topics: News Commentary, News

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President Trump releases his list of the greatest to the worst presidents with FDR and Woodrow Wilson at the top and people like Republican hero Calvin Coolidge way down there by the bottom.

**SPEAKER_3** (1:29)
Conservatives are furious.

**Michael Knowles** (1:31)
What was Trump thinking?
I think I know the answer. Then, speaking of wild Trump stunts, the president has officially renamed Lake Ontario. And speaking of geography, archaeologists have reportedly uncovered the true site of Jesus' tomb. And you will never guess where it is. I'm Michael Knowles. This is The Michael Knowles Show.
Well Street Journal has a big op-ed out that JD Vance is the GOP's Obama. This is the new line of attack. Now, you got to remember, JD Vance started this fight. He went after the Wall Street Journal just the other day in a speech in Ohio. Wall Street Journal smacking him back, says JD Vance is the GOP's Obama. And yet I can't help but think that this is not the smartest line of attack if you want to take down JD Vance. You know, Obama did win two terms, right? I don't know, he was like a pretty popular president, got a lot of stuff done. So anyway, we will get to what that means. First, I want to tell you about Cardiff. Go to cardiff.co.nols, K-N-W-L-E-S. There are some good problems to have in business. The good problem is people want to buy more of your product. The good problem is they need more of your services in more places at the same time. Those are good problems, but they're expensive problems. Cardiff helps business owners get the capital to do something about them. This is why business owners should know about Cardiff. If you want bank level rates without the bank level delays, you've got to check out cardiff.co.nols.
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**Donald Trump** (4:17)
We're going to be changing the name of Lake Ontario, effective immediately, to Lake America. That's going to take place right now as I sign the order. Do you have anything to say about it, Ben?

**SPEAKER_7** (4:31)
Yes, sir. So this is a straightforward but important executive order. It directs Secretary Borgen and the Department of the Interior to update the geographic names information service to reflect that Lake, once known as Lake Ontario, will from this day forward be known as Lake America.

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