Trump White House: Ethics? What ethics?
Most historians agree that the most ethically challenged Presidential administration were those led by Presidents Ronald Reagan, Richard M. Nixon, Warren G. Harding, Ulysses S. Grant and Andrew Jackson. To be fair, Presidents Grant and Reagan were not themselves corrupt, but were unlucky enough to have been surrounded by unscrupulous staffers and con-men. Both men were fairly honest, but their administrations were marred by a long series of scandals. The other Presidents on the "most corrupt" list were indeed shifty. Nixon was forced to resign as a result of the Watergate scandal, but he had also authorized the infamous break-in into Pentagon Papers leaker Daniel Ellsberg's psychiatrist's office; Harding was a womanizer who, as a senator, was blackmailed by his mistress, who threatened to "tell all" if he didn't vote a certain way. Harding is also infamous for his participation in the Teapot Dome scandal. And Andrew Jackson? Per attn.com : ...