{"id":2365036,"date":"2024-11-06T09:59:02","date_gmt":"2024-11-06T14:59:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/greatest-comeback-heres-how-trump-stacks-up-in-white-house-history-washington-examiner\/"},"modified":"2024-11-06T09:59:39","modified_gmt":"2024-11-06T14:59:39","slug":"greatest-comeback-heres-how-trump-stacks-up-in-white-house-history-washington-examiner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/greatest-comeback-heres-how-trump-stacks-up-in-white-house-history-washington-examiner\/","title":{"rendered":"Greatest comeback? Here\u2019s how Trump stacks up in White House history &#8211; Washington Examiner"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">28<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fgreatest-comeback-heres-how-trump-stacks-up-in-white-house-history-washington-examiner%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2365036&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>The article titled &#8220;Greatest\u2062 comeback? Here\u2019s how Trump stacks up in White House history&#8221; discusses\u200c Donald Trump\u2019s significant political comeback\u200d as he wins a second non-consecutive term as president, despite facing \u2063a felony\u2063 conviction and the aftermath of the January 6 Capitol\u2064 riot. Trump, along with others like \u2064Vice President-elect J.D. Vance, have referred to this victory as possibly the greatest political comeback\u2064 in U.S. history.<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/if-the-judges-in-rfks-censorship-case-were-really-liberal-theyd-defend-free-speech\/\" title=\"If the judges in RFK&#039;s censorship case were truly liberal, they would support free speech\">article draws parallels<\/a> between Trump\u2019s situation and historical comebacks by other American presidents, starting with Grover\u2062 Cleveland, who was elected twice, \u2063serving \u200bnon-consecutive terms in the <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\">late 19th\u2064 century<\/a>. It also highlights Richard Nixon&#8217;s resurrection from political \u200csetbacks, including losing the 1960 presidential election \u2063and\u200b a California gubernatorial race, before winning the presidency in \u20621968. Bill Clinton\u2062 is recognized for his bounce-back from political challenges, famously dubbed &#8220;the\u2063 comeback kid&#8221; after overcoming personal scandals \u2064to win two terms in the White House.<\/p>\n<p>The article also mentions Theodore \u200dRoosevelt\u2019s somewhat less successful but determined comeback attempt in \u20631912, where\u200b he was shot while campaigning but\u200b continued to address his audience. Each figure illustrates a different aspect of political resilience, setting Trump\u2019s recent victory alongside these historic narratives of\u2063 political recovery.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">Greatest comeback? Here&rsquo;s how Trump stacks up in White House history<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_1874347\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p>President-elect <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/donald-trump\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"Donald Trump\">Donald Trump<\/a> pulled off what many are saying is the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/3210669\/donald-trump-wins-2024-election-defeating-kamala-harris\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"Donald Trump\">greatest political comeback<\/a> in American history by winning a second non-consecutive term despite a felony conviction and the stain of Jan. 6.<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>Trump himself called it &ldquo;a political victory that our country has never seen before&rdquo; and &ldquo;the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-hints-at-2024-bid-at-georgia-rally-i-just-may-have-to-run-again\/\" title=\"Trump Hints at 2024 Bid at Georgia Rally: I \u2018Just May Have to\u2019 Run Again\">greatest political movement<\/a> of all time. Vice President-elect <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/j-d-vance\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"J.D. Vance\">J.D. Vance<\/a> went further, calling it point-blank &ldquo;the greatest political comeback in American history.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>The win no doubt cements Trump&rsquo;s name in the historical record in a way that will never quite be matched again. He was left for dead following the Capitol riot four years ago, and was not taken seriously by the political press during much of his first campaign in 2015 and 2016.<\/p>\n<p>But other figures throughout <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/White-House\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">White House<\/a> history have staked their comeback claims as unprecedented and historic, including one who pulled of a very similar maneuver more than a century ago. Here are a few, in no particular order.<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Grover Cleveland<\/h2>\n<p>Some politicos joked on social media that Trump was trying this year to pull off the &ldquo;full Grover,&rdquo; referring to Grover Cleveland, the 22nd and 24th <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/president\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">president<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Cleveland was elected in 1884 while overcoming his own detractors and scandals, as rumors circulated that he&rsquo;d fathered an illegitimate child and his opponent&rsquo;s rallies included the chant, &ldquo;Ma, Ma, where&rsquo;s my Pa?&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>But Cleveland emerged victorious, serving until the end of 1888. He then lost a reelection bid to 23rd President Benjamin Harrison, a former Indiana senator. Harrison campaigned hard on raising tariffs, an issue that Trump has capitalized on, and Cleveland was ousted, failing even to win his home state of New York.<\/p>\n<p>He began planning a comeback even before he left office, with his wife reportedly telling a staff member, &ldquo;Take good care of all the furniture and ornaments in the house, for I want to find everything just as it is now, when we come back again.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Harrison&rsquo;s aggressive <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/tariffs\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">tariffs<\/a> proved controversial, and the pair faced off in a rematch in 1892. Harrison did not campaign at all on account of his wife&rsquo;s severe illness, making it a quiet and somber election. In the end, Cleveland won handily, returning to the White House and its furniture just as his spouse promised.<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Richard Nixon<\/h2>\n<p>Nixon is one of history&rsquo;s most notorious presidents, remembered today mostly for the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/Watergate\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Watergate<\/a> scandal that cut his second term short. But he staged his own comeback, which involved becoming the GOP presidential nominee in three different elections.<\/p>\n<p>After serving in both the House and Senate representing California, Nixon won two terms as vice president under Dwight D. Eisenhower in the 1950s. Nixon won that post at the age of 40, the same age that Vance is now.<\/p>\n<p>After Eisenhower left the stage, Nixon earned the Republican nomination in the 1960 election against Democrat <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/john-f-kennedy\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">John F. Kennedy<\/a>. He narrowly lost that race, which included the first <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/neil-patel-the-misinformation-police-are-coming-for-you\/\" title=\"Neil Patel: The Misinformation Police Are Coming for You\">televised presidential debate<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Nixon became especially dejected two years later, when he lost the 1962 race for governor of California and announced his retirement from politics. But he wasn&rsquo;t done after all. <\/p>\n<p>In 1968, Nixon made a comeback, securing the GOP nomination again and defeating Hubert Humphrey in the general election. He became even stronger afterward, winning the 1972 election in a 49-state landslide. It all ended with Watergate, but had Nixon given up after failing in 1960 or 1962 most people today would not know his name at all.<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Bill Clinton<\/h2>\n<p>Clinton is remembered more for his charm and his extramarital affairs than for his comebacks, yet he made two major turnarounds during his career.<\/p>\n<p>A political prodigy, Clinton became the governor of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/Arkansas\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Arkansas<\/a> at just 32 years old, earning the nickname &ldquo;Boy Governor&rdquo; due to his youthful appearance.<\/p>\n<p>But his first run there lasted just two years as he was kicked out of the office in 1980, joking that he was the youngest ex-governor in history. In 1982, Clinton made his first comeback by winning the governorship again. He remained in the Arkansas governor&rsquo;s mansion into the early 1990s.<\/p>\n<p>His second comeback came during the 1992 Democratic presidential primaries. Clinton finished a distant third in the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/Iowa\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Iowa<\/a> caucuses, then faced damaging reports of an affair with Gennifer Flowers ahead of the New Hampshire primary.<\/p>\n<p>Accompanied by his wife, Bill Clinton went on <em>60 Minutes <\/em>to deny the allegations and came in a close second in New Hampshire, springboarding him to the nomination and two terms in the White House. Some news outlets still refer to him as &ldquo;the comeback kid.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Teddy Roosevelt<\/h2>\n<p>Theodore Roosevelt&rsquo;s comeback wasn&rsquo;t quite successful, but remains notable for the determination it showed. Roosevelt is still a beloved figure for his bison hunting and his successful effort to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.history.com\/news\/how-teddy-roosevelt-saved-football\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"save college football\">save college football<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Roosevelt didn&rsquo;t need any comebacks to serve nearly two full terms in the White House. He became president in 1901 following the death of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/presidential\/3207218\/donald-trump-tariff-avatar-praising-25th-president-william-mckinley\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"Trump favorite William McKinley\">Trump favorite William McKinley<\/a>, then handily won a second term in 1904. <\/p>\n<p>He left the presidency on his own in 1908, but grew restless with his successor, William Howard Taft, and tried a comeback in 1912. On the campaign trail, Roosevelt was shot moments before giving a speech.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;I don&rsquo;t know whether you fully understand that I have just been shot,&rdquo; he told the crowd, revealing his bloodstained shirt. &ldquo;It takes more than that to kill a bull moose.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>While Roosevelt did not win in 1912, there&rsquo;s something to be said for a man who can take a bullet and keep campaigning. <\/p>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Joe Biden<\/h2>\n<p>Trump disparaged Biden constantly during the 2020 and 2024 campaigns, but he shares something in common with him when it comes to comebacks.<\/p>\n<p>Biden was elected U.S. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/Senate\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">senator<\/a> from Delaware at the age of 29, and reportedly began eyeing the presidency soon after. He didn&rsquo;t run until 1987, when his candidacy was felled by an ugly and embarrassing plagiarism scandal.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Scranton Joe similarly failed during a run in 2008, and then was passed over by Democratic leadership in 2016 in favor of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/Hillary-Clinton\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Hillary Clinton<\/a>. He ran a third time in 2020, finishing poorly in the Iowa and New Hampshire Democratic primaries before finally securing his footing in South Carolina and earning the nomination.<\/p>\n<p>After nearly 50 years in Washington, Biden finally fulfilled his dream of becoming president in 2020. He will hand the office back to the man he took it from, Trump, in January. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p> <script data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/cdn-cgi\/scripts\/5c5dd728\/cloudflare-static\/email-decode.min.js\"><\/script><script>!function(){var g=window;g.googletag=g.googletag||{},g.googletag.cmd=g.googletag.cmd||[],g.googletag.cmd.push(function(){g.googletag.pubads().setTargeting(\"has-featured-video\",\"true\")})}();<\/script><script>var _bp=_bp||[];_bp.push({\"div\":\"Brid_1874347\",\"obj\":{\"id\":\"27789\",\"width\":\"1280\",\"height\":\"720\",\"stickyDirection\":\"below\",\"video\":\"1874347\"}});<\/script><script defer src=\"https:\/\/services.brid.tv\/player\/build\/brid.min.js\"><\/script><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Trump&#8217;s comeback: a historic win despite challenges<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2635,"featured_media":2365037,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/Richard-Nixon.webp","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[538],"tags":[3754,5894,3634,32076,44478],"class_list":["post-2365036","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-washington-examiner","tag-comeback","tag-politics","tag-trump","tag-washington-examiner","tag-white-house-history"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/Richard-Nixon.webp","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2365036","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2635"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2365036"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2365036\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2365040,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2365036\/revisions\/2365040"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2365037"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2365036"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2365036"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2365036"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}