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President Carter served under Admiral Rickover. He was even sent to lead the cleanup of a reactor meltdown. https://www.usni.org/magazines/naval-history/2025/f

President Carter served under Admiral Rickover. He was even sent to lead the cleanup of a reactor meltdown. https://www.usni.org/magazines/naval-history/2025/february/carter-rickover-relationship https://www.usni.org/magazines/naval-history/2025/february/c...

wkat4242 2y ago
Yeah Carter was a really sound guy. Smart and honest. Even after leaving the presidency he negotiated for peace all over the world. I think he doesn't deserve the bad rep he got. If there's anyone who could have made America "great" it's him. Of course I'm not American so I know I'm butting in where I don't belong..
- readthenotes1 2y ago
  His presidency was a shambles. But Carter is far and away the 2nd best ex-president the US ever had (Geo. Washington gets the 1st place nod for choosing to set the custom)
- psunavy03 2y ago
  He was in over his head as President, but he was still a good man, which is more than many other ex-Presidents from both parties could say.
  - mmooss 2y ago
    I think that's the myth promoted by his opponents, to win the 1980 election and of course to demonize all Democrats and other enemies. But forget all that and examine it on the merits: As a start, he inherited the post-Vietname military, a shambles already, OPEC embargos, Iran, an America that had lost great credibility in Vietnam. He did Camp David, the most successful and effective security action in the Mideast to this day; began deregulation (yes it was him, not Reagan); put Paul Volcker in the Fed and signed the relevant legislation to get inflation under control; implemented the new all-volunteer military; was right about energy policy, ...
    - opo 2y ago
      > implemented the new all-volunteer military The USA switched to a volunteer force 3 years before Carter was elected. What he did do, was re-establish draft registration. Not something one should brag about.

wkat4242 2y ago

Yeah Carter was a really sound guy. Smart and honest. Even after leaving the presidency he negotiated for peace all over the world. I think he doesn't deserve the bad rep he got. If there's anyone who could have made America "great" it's him. Of course I'm not American so I know I'm butting in where I don't belong..

readthenotes1 2y ago
His presidency was a shambles. But Carter is far and away the 2nd best ex-president the US ever had (Geo. Washington gets the 1st place nod for choosing to set the custom)
psunavy03 2y ago
He was in over his head as President, but he was still a good man, which is more than many other ex-Presidents from both parties could say.
- mmooss 2y ago
  I think that's the myth promoted by his opponents, to win the 1980 election and of course to demonize all Democrats and other enemies. But forget all that and examine it on the merits: As a start, he inherited the post-Vietname military, a shambles already, OPEC embargos, Iran, an America that had lost great credibility in Vietnam. He did Camp David, the most successful and effective security action in the Mideast to this day; began deregulation (yes it was him, not Reagan); put Paul Volcker in the Fed and signed the relevant legislation to get inflation under control; implemented the new all-volunteer military; was right about energy policy, ...
  - opo 2y ago
    > implemented the new all-volunteer military The USA switched to a volunteer force 3 years before Carter was elected. What he did do, was re-establish draft registration. Not something one should brag about.