I thought that was Chester A. Arthur. Which one had women hidden in the White House?
Geez, did I miss something about guys who won world wars being ineligible? Or even Civil Wars?
I fear my joke was too subtle. 
It’s quite a feat to successfully navigate the country though war. I’m not sure it’s “badass” though.
Here’s an account of the Taft-in-a-Tub anecdotes:
http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2013/02/06/fact-or-fiction-taft-got-stuck-in-a-tub/
Apparently, Harding did the deed with Nan Britton in a White House coat closet:
Uh, it’s pretty indisputable about Jackson, but Washington and the Pilgrims? Genocide? I don’t know about that. The Pilgrims did not have the means to commit genocide deliberately, even if they wanted to; unintentional transmission of germs not withstanding.
I’m not talking about someone like FDR navigating, I’m talking about Grant and Eisenhower winning major battle after major battle. In some ways, it’s easier to charge up a hill yourself than to commit tens of thousands of subordinates to an operation that is sure to kill thousands of them.
He’s probably talking about the Pequot war, where an alliance between Massachusetts, Plymouth, Connecticut and the Narragansetts wiped out the Pequots as a nation.
Washington ordered the massacre of Natives and the destruction of crops to drive out the Native populations who sided with the British. Early settlers came from a long line of Scots-Irish who were very familiar with that sort of warfare and brought it to their immediate region in America. The 2nd Amendment was written with this in mind, as militias (mercenaries) were used extensively to suppress, kill and displace the Indigenous people. It continued into the late 19th century. The history of America is not what most Americans think it is. I suggest reading An Indigenous People’s History of the United States, by Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz, which provides ample citations for the above.
You can point out Washington’s faults all you want, but the man won the fucking revolutionary war. Without that, there would be no other presidents.
There was some help from France, with whom Britain was fighting a world wide war. 
Yes, he did, and props for that. I’m just pointing out that most of America has been taught a very white-washed version of our history.
I don’t have a lot of confidence in “most Americans” regarding history, even their knowledge of white-washed history.
Trump! His dodging STDs was a “personal Vietnam”! 
Well, I know he’s not well liked, but Andrew Jackson was probably one of the most badass presidents. Just his famous duel where he stood there and took a bullet, then coolly leveled his unfired pistol and shot the other man down is one of those things generally more suited to Hollywood than real life. I remember reading a biography of the man when I was in college and being astounded by a lot of the things he did before he became president.
For a more popular president, you have Lincoln and his wrestling/fist fighting. He was kind of a local legend in his area before he ran for office. Plus, he was a vampire hunter of great renown…
After he was President, although he was running again, Teddy Roosevelt had another of his badass moments. He got shot during an assassination attempt on the way to a campaign event. While the crowd was calling for the death of the assassin, Teddy was the one that kept his head and calmed things down. Of course, he then went to the event anyway and gave his entire prepared speech.
He was also hell on the zombie population. “Emancipate this!”
As a child during the American Revolution, he was ordered by a British officer to shine his boots. When the young Jackson refused, he was given a slash of the sword that left him with a scar the rest of his life. He hated the Brits forever after…
Moreover, some of the obscure 19th century presidents had made their mark on actual battlefields. For example, he only put in a (sickly) month as our President, but William Henry Harrison was renowned for his bad-assery at the Battle of Tippecanoe.
Putin - amassed a fortune, installed himself to a power position indefinitely. Badass.
Another point in Jackson’s favor, I seem to recall someone tried to shoot him while he was president, the pistol misfired, and Jackson jumped down from the stand and chased after his would-be assassin.
Sorry, what could be more “badass” than commanding a 2 million-strong multinational army into Nazi Germany?