text: Ironically, the closest President ideologically to Obama was Eisenhower (possibly the brief Ford).
  
  Heck, even Reagan had more in common with Obama than he would have with the Trumpeteers. 
  
  (I'm making an allowance for the fact that on social issues all current politicians -- other than apparently wack-a-doodle Roy Moore in Alabama -- are significantly more "liberal" on these topics today.)