--- title: Harry Reid Calls Trump 'The Worst President We've Ever Had' description: Former Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid has spoken out against Trump, calling him the "worst president" and "amoral" in a new interview. canonical: https://time.com/5491931/harry-reid-donald-trump/ author: Mahita Gajanan article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2019-01-02T18:28:09.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-02-23T22:23:22.357Z article:section: Politics og:title: Former Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid Calls Donald Trump 'the Worst President We've Ever Had' og:description: 'There's not even a close second to him," Reid said in a new interview og:url: https://time.com/5491931/harry-reid-donald-trump/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt13a11d63003f7c00/69894281096a94d49b6a448b/harry-reid-donald-trump-chuck-schumer.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: Hillary Clinton And VP Biden Attend Portrait Unveiling For Senate Democratic Leader Harry Reid og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Former Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid Calls Donald Trump 'the Worst President We've Ever Had' twitter:description: 'There's not even a close second to him," Reid said in a new interview twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt13a11d63003f7c00/69894281096a94d49b6a448b/harry-reid-donald-trump-chuck-schumer.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Former Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid Calls Donald Trump 'the Worst President We've Ever Had' ## Video: Harry Reid’s Senate Speech Against ‘Normalizing’ Donald Trump’s Behavior [Watch (HLS stream): Harry Reid’s Senate Speech Against ‘Normalizing’ Donald Trump’s Behavior](https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/6cvVb3R5.m3u8) (1:56)  _Published 2016-11-15. Sen. Harry Reid spoke out against Donald Trump’s early actions as president-elect, calling on him to “Rise to the dignity of the office…instead of hiding behind your Twitter account.”_ by [Mahita Gajanan](https://time.com/author/mahita-gajanan/) ## Mahita Gajanan Gajanan is an editor at TIME. Jan 2, 2019 6:28 PM UTC  Then-U.S. Senate Minority Leader Sen. Harry Reid (D-NV) speaks during his leadership portrait unveiling ceremony December 8, 2016 on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC. Then-U.S. Senate Minority Leader Sen. Harry Reid (D-NV) speaks during his leadership portrait unveiling ceremony December 8, 2016 on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC.Alex Wong—Getty Images by [Mahita Gajanan](https://time.com/author/mahita-gajanan/) ## Mahita Gajanan Gajanan is an editor at TIME. Jan 2, 2019 6:28 PM UTC As he faces a serious health crisis, former Senate Majority Leader [Harry Reid](http://time.com/5378420/harry-reid-john-mccain-tribute/) has spoken out against President Trump, calling him the “worst president” and “amoral” in a new interview. Reid, who is suffering from pancreatic cancer and retired from the Senate in 2017, did not mince words about his view on Trump while speaking with the [New York _Times_](https://www.nytimes.com/2019/01/02/magazine/harry-reid-senate-cancer-trump.html?action=click&module=News&pgtype=Homepage). “I think he is without question the worst president we’ve ever had. We’ve had some bad ones, and there’s not even a close second to him,” Reid told the _Times_. “He’ll lie. He’ll cheat. You can’t reason with him.” Reid said Trump is not an immoral person, but described him as “amoral.” “Amoral is when you shoot someone in the head, it doesn’t make a difference,” he said. “No conscience.” Reid has in the past strongly criticized Trump. Following the 2016 election, he [denounced Trump](http://time.com/4567860/donald-trump-harry-reid-statement/) as a “sexual predator” who “emboldened the forces of hate and bigotry in America.” The former Senator also discussed his successor, Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, who has a much more conciliatory style than Reid’s bare-knuckles approach. Reid told the _Times_ he didn’t really want to talk about his relationship with Schumer, saying, “My personal feeling should have nothing to do with it.” He added: “I do not call Schumer. I call him once in a while — not weekly. 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