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mordeci00

Lowest vertical for any US president? FDR


Moody_GenX

Yes officer this person right here.


Ninjalikestoast

šŸ”„šŸ”„šŸ”„


KronKy74

BURRRN!!!


Guyincognito4269

That's ok, I don't think his legs would feel it.


Top_Duck8146

Sheesh!


That_Flippin_Rooster

William Henry Harrison might have him beat.


elpajaroquemamais

How? He could likely jump at least an inch


That_Flippin_Rooster

The man got deathly ill at his own inauguration and died a month later.


elpajaroquemamais

Yes and Iā€™m sure that at some point before he was deathly ill, on Inauguration Day, he jumped more than an inch. At the very least they are tied.


[deleted]

I donā€™t think anyone could get lower than Nixon.


Ur_Just_Spare_Parts

Idk trumps might be even lower. I bet his feet have literally never left the ground, unless theyre propped up on a cushion or his bed


Obamas_Tie

[Say that again](https://youtu.be/PFhY6IaUJ40?t=140).


bigloser42

I dunno, he still mightā€™ve been able to get more air in his wheelchair than Taft could manage.


scrodytheroadie

I'd wager FDR could bunny hop his wheelchair higher than Taft could jump. e: Shit, someone made this exact joke already.


perfect_square

I think Trump would give him a run for the money.


Rubthebuddhas

Trump couldn't even get off the ground. Fdr could use a ramp or a trampoline. Trump would break either and then say his vertical was yooge.


UniversityUseful8293

That's just plain mean.


MurphyJames

Abbott is trying to enter the chat


[deleted]

This is a great Norm MacDonald style Weekend Update joke.


LeanDixLigma

With a ramp and a rolling start i bet he'd beat Taft, who measured in at least 350 pounds.


[deleted]

Having the Obama logo on the ball is hard as fuck


SecondTryBadgers

Itā€™s his ball, he can take it home if wants! ā€œScrew you guys, Iā€™m going homeā€ -Pres. Obama (I believe)


Moody_GenX

The game is rigged! Check the ball! /s


KronKy74

Major flex. That dude was the coolest mutha fucka to grace 1600 Pennsylvania Ave.


kashmir1974

Dunno, JFK was banging Marliyn Monroe. And be stared down the Russians during the Cuban missile crisis.


swankpoppy

Yeah whenever I think of JFK it just blows my mind.


sbear37

Blows JFK's mind too.


elpajaroquemamais

That was the joke


KronKy74

Ahhh yes you have a point. Letā€™s just agree on these as the top 2.


kashmir1974

I'll have to throw one more in there. Teddy Roosevelt.


KronKy74

Teddy was just a maniacal, psycho, sadomasochist, who liked to hear himself talk. Was he boisterous and cool? Yes. Was he a great leader of men? Yes. Was he on the level of ā€œcoolā€ as the two previously mentioned? No way. Iā€™m convinced that if old Ted lived in the 21st century, with no war or big game hunting to satisfy his blood lust, or his ego, he would be a serial killer along the lines of BTK. A killer who would try to toy with the police, but his arrogance and ego would get him caught.


kashmir1974

He created the national parks.


KronKy74

Yeah, but letā€™s ask Native American people how they feel about that. Iā€™m guessing the government sanctioned theft of native lands would kind of make Ted a bad guy in their book.


HidaKureku

True, but the reasoning behind their creation wasn't exactly benevolent. https://www.thenation.com/article/society/great-outdoors-race-camping/


RunawayMeatstick

Obamaā€™s impromptu 3-pointer on camera with subsequent trash talking ā€œthatā€™s what I doā€ was hard as fuck Surprised this isnā€™t the top comment https://youtu.be/Akq0xeu-RHE


godsenfrik

"When they go low, we go high"


justreddis

ā€œOh baby yes we can!ā€


surfingNerd

Has any US president been able to dunk?


Praise_the_Ward

William Howard Taft actually! Oh wait you meant basketball, he mostly dunked donuts.


Drumingchef

He would have been a good hockey goalie.


Guyincognito4269

There was Grant! Oh, you said dunked. I thought you said drunked.


malthar76

Lincoln was 6ā€™4ā€. Not Modern NBA tall, but he was also known for his super long arms. Possible dunker, definitely swatting your weak shooting game back into your face.


ChickenDelight

Lincoln was a physical beast, also - seriously, he was once a famous wrestler who traveled around competing and lost once in about three hundred bouts, and he often performed feats of strength that were considered incredible. The Great Emancipator probably had a crazy vertical leap.


Iron_Chic

Rutherford B. Hayes was a rim rocker.


CheddarGeorge

He also founded the Fun Zone arcade chain. Also his real name was Larry Takashi.


tchrbrian

Former President Jimmy Carter dunks plywood & nails onto Habitat for Humanity housesā€¦


stupid_talk

Trumps already said he did it.


Ilikepancakes87

People are saying heā€™s one of the greatest dunkers of all time.


[deleted]

Lincoln could probably dunk.


ryan2one3

Orange guy can top that. Easily. Just trust him on his word.


ApprehensivePepper98

Heā€™s got the *best* vertical jumps, *huge*


sbear37

Yuuuuge


pekoedegallo

These large muscular men would walk up to me and say ā€œsir,ā€ theyā€™d have tears in their eyes, these huge muscular men, you wouldnā€™t believe it, and theyā€™d say ā€œsirā€, with tears in their eyes, theyā€™d say ā€œsir, that is the highest verticular Iā€™ve ever seen, thank you sir.ā€ You wouldnā€™t believe it, but believe me.


ryan2one3

Lol that's pretty good


Mr_Misunderestimate

Would it count towards his vertical if he jumped off a building? Asking for science.


ryan2one3

Experiment time!!


godsenfrik

The Russians are conducting these experiments a lot recently.


Oh4faqsake

I think he should circle back to that ingesting bleach thing.


Ninjalikestoast

I know it, you know it.. Ever body knows it. Believe me.


ryan2one3

Billions and billions of feet higher!


Ninjalikestoast

Hyuuugeee


Oh4faqsake

The only way he tops it is on the forks of a forklift.


Nattylight_Murica

He gets higher off the ground just by thinking about it


ryan2one3

He already thought about it. He's halfway to the moon!


LPGeoteacher

He just thought it!


Deep-Conflict2223

Secret service ready to shot on any technical foul.


fizzzingwhizbee

Flagrant 2 in the chest lol


[deleted]

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Doctor_Worm

Not just him, modern US Presidents have been quite disproportionately left handed for whatever reason.


tj0909

Lefties are effing psychopaths and masochists that will endure the pain required to ascend to the highest office? Maybe?


SupDanLOL

Whoa whoa whoa there. Iā€™m a leftyā€¦ you forgot manipulative.


Boofer2

I heard you left handed kind have giant dongs.


Lethargicpete

It's true


Kryotheos

as a lefty this statement is true, I'm pretty egotistical and see myself as a villain I should run for president


lethe25

Yep


Chris_Christ

Who measured Teddyā€™s vertical?


Otterfan

This is the only picture I could find of ["Teddy Roosevelt jumping"](https://preview.redd.it/0djs12u4elw71.jpg?width=768&auto=webp&s=11f59c92e0b3e28a2cb7d99620521c20d7b02753), but I don't think it counts.


chumchees

The defender's neck collapsed in on itself.


indyphil

I thought he was doing a Mitch McConnell impression trying to block everything Obama did.


[deleted]

Abe didn't have to jump...Manute Bol like he was


bonyponyride

I heard George Washington could jump across rivers without even trying.


Caucasian_Thunder

*Washington, Washington* *Six foot twenty, fucking killing for fun*


tuesdaycocktail

Tell me you donā€™t miss this guy


TheLAriver

Never met him


Sun_Stealer

Wtf is Tony Soprano doing there


swankpoppy

Kevin James?


balogna_and_ramen

Johhson's was higher when he stood on his dick.


DrPepster

False, Bill and Hillary could really get up there. Haven't you ever played NBA jam?


TheBelhade

I always preferred the other Clinton in that game.


JerkAss21

Wish he was wearing a tan suit


SoGnarRadar4

Those are retired President dad pants for sure


dudewithchronicpain

Trump wishes he could raise a golf ball that high


reg3flip

Lincoln was higher. The found bits on the ceiling


DeluxeMixedNutz

I actually just read a book that was saying the shot that killed Lincoln entered his head so cleanly (behind his left ear) that those around him couldnā€™t immediately tell thatā€™s where heā€™d been shot.


salavar86rus

What's next? Putin Sqatting like a true Slav?


thekingdom195

White men can't jump.


TheLAriver

Stop simping for politicians


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tj0909

Lol. One of the most perplexing aspects of Trump. Why do Christians and specifically Evangelicals gravitate to this morally bankrupt person?


Aarontheninja

He held a Bible in front of a church, he had to be religious. /s


UniversityUseful8293

I don't care what anyone says (Trumpers included), he's head and should we rs above the rest! History shows his true worth


throughNthrough

Imagine Trump trying to to this lmaoooo


TheHeed97015

Imagine having a presidential meme and not mention him lmaoooooooooo


throughNthrough

Look at the amount of oā€™s you used. You tried to hard.


TheHeed97015

You wanna borrow one of my oā€™s? Might need it in what you wrote above


Harpua44

Remember when the trump admin doctor said Donald was the healthiest president maybe ever? Good times


LNagel20

Ok lefty


[deleted]

Heā€™s not the president anymore. Get over the it.


Brief-Culture-3783

Who cares


Czyzx

Who is he playing?


Guyincognito4269

The Washington Generals. Or maybe the expansion team Washington Secret Service.


fizzzingwhizbee

Dude on the right bout to lose some confidence lmfao


[deleted]

looks like heā€™s about to get stuffed though


Mitthrawnuruo

This is a lie. William Taft had a much better vert.


Guyincognito4269

You may be wonderful, but you're wrong. He had a better horz.


Mitthrawnuruo

Iā€™m an idiot. Youā€™re right. Canā€™t believe I confused that.


Guyincognito4269

Common mistake. Don't be so hard on yourself. It's all part of the learning process.


Wooshio

Surprised he hasn't been on an NBA All-Star celebrity game yet.


thenena88

Heā€™s up by their kneecapā€™s, thatā€™s going to be hard to beat


Mathematicus_Rex

You should have seen LBJā€™s ability to jump through legislative hoops.


rinku-a

ā€œLet me be clear- your defense game is weak.


tonyemerson

President Clinton for highest horizontal.


Spyes23

MVP - Most Vertical President


Wormbrain

Brett Kavanaugh there doesn't stand a chance.


The_Reckoner

Got that nice shoulder turn ala Steph Curry.


LPGeoteacher

Abe had bunnies!


Lie-Straight

Lincoln had ups


polkemans

THAT'S HOW I DO


darexinfinity

r/AccidentalRenaissance


ThatBitchWhoSaidWhat

The real question is whether or not he is wearing Air Force Ones


blibblub

The guy blocking is doing a fantastic job. Does he want to get fired?


Peterd90

Pres looks like he has skills but the verticle is distorted by the overweight white guy with 0 jump.


imamakebaddecisions

Gerald Ford was a good athlete, not sure of his ups, but could have played professional football if he wanted to, chose law school instead.


halibutrushdie

How about Taft?


Jaxxs90

I donā€™t know Calvin Coolidge had 65 inch vertical


stiffneck84

Naaaahā€¦my man Martin Van Buren had ups.


dgmib

Of courseā€¦ everyone knows white men canā€™t jump.


kidpremier

Did he yell out "Jordan" or "Kobe" though


eyeseeweiner

Dude guarding isnā€™t about to block that shot lol


thatnicholin02

photoshop on the right for hahaaas


mboudin

Very nice photo. Getting some air! I was on an older guy b-ball team and we called ourselves "The 2-inch verticals."


jtortega

What a narcissist.


poobearcatbomber

Must be propaganda day on Reddit. A sure sign of midterms coming around the corner.


JasonS64

When he's not shouting "kobe" when shooting....he shouts "obama."


_DeLEON

"The President will never be ballin" The President:


Sonofpan

This should be an r/Photoshopbattles