So what is the proper way to address a former president, Mr. or President?

Inmate number is most appropriate

APAB, no exceptions
- This one I can get behind.
- no exceptions
  William Henry Harrison?
- Reminds me of this haha:
  The President in particular is very much a figurehead — he wields no real power whatsoever. He is apparently chosen by the government, but the qualities he is required to display are not those of leadership but those of finely judged outrage. For this reason the President is always a controversial choice, always an infuriating but fascinating character. His job is not to wield power but to draw attention away from it. On those criteria Zaphod Beeblebrox is one of the most successful Presidents the Galaxy has ever had — he has already spent two of his ten presidential years in prison for fraud.

When addressing a former President of the United States in a formal setting, the correct form is “Mr. LastName.” (“President LastName” or “Mr. President” are terms reserved for the current head of state.) This is true for other ex-officials, as well. When talking about the person to a third party, on the other hand, it’s appropriate to say, “former President LastName.” This holds for introductions, as well: A current state governor is introduced as “Governor Tom Smith,” while you’d introduce an ex-governor as “former Governor Jim Bell.”

The Defendant

Mr Cunt? I like it.

Depends on if he’s a demented rapist traitor or not.

If it's Donald Trump, the proper way to address him is:

🖕🖕

Everyone else is "Mr. President."

:stares in Australian:

We don't address people by their job title here, and we'd laugh in your face if you insisted on it.

Perhaps a small exception for 'doctor', but that's acknowledging the doctorate, not the job.

We do, but only for the current PM. Once you're out though, it's back to Mr / Ms
- If you think the words 'prime minister Morrison' would ever have passed my lips...
  ... or 'prime minister Albo' for that matter, they're all overgrown fucking real estate agents.
I find using doctor without a medical degree to be, I dunno, crass. Its the old. IS THERE A DOCTOR IN THE HOUSE. Im a doctor. thank god can you help this man. of philosophy.
- Eh, you earn the title by doing your thesis and expanding humanity's sphere of knowledge a little bit. Medical doctors may claim it but they don't get exclusive rights to it just because they want it.
Yet the idea underpinning it is sound. It's to separate the office from the individual. If you attach reverence to the role, not the person, you make it easier to change the person and avoid dictatorship.
- It doesn't read that way to me - I see it far more as "you have won at life, you are better than other humans", exactly the kind of thing narcissists crave.
Most medical doctors arehonorary doctors- they generally don't have PhD (doctorate in their own right)

depends. normally "former president X", but if they have been impeached then you say "IMPEACHED former president X" unless they lost the popular vote then its "UNPOPULAR IMPEACHED former president X" unless they lost an election like a one termer then its "ONE TERM LOSER UNPOPULAR IMPEACHED former president X". Its important to be accurate.

We may soon be able to tack CONVICTED FELON onto that list.
If it's too unwieldy after that, perhaps just use their prisoner ID number.
- President Felonius Trump.
Unpopular, impeached, sex offender former president
I like "Two time popular vote loser"
Going for the three-peat!
Too long. Loser or inmate # are appropriate.

The current President is "President

".

Former presidents are "Mr.

" or "Former President

" depending on the context in which they are being referred to.

Anybody still calling Obama or Trump "president" are just virtue signaling.

“2020 election loser”

I'm partial to

Hey! Bitch!

However they wish to be addressed. Nothing in properness or etiquette is necessarily objective. If I was president, I'd let you use my actual name.

Right, thanks Leni.
- You're welcome (and there is some flexibility there).

In Finland, even former presidents are addressed as President so and so.

War criminal

Individual 1

Fuckface?

Traditionally it should be a kick to the groin but in these less formal times a middle finger or simple "fuck off" is perfectly acceptable.

IIRC customarily a former president of the United States of America is still addressed as, “Mr. President.” In written form such as a news article I think it would be “former-president Clinton” or “former-president George H. W. Bush” if you need to distinguish between two presidents with the same last name, and subsequent references would be to “Mr. Clinton” or “Mr. Bush” as long as there’s no ambiguity, but I would defer to whatever style guide applies to your writing. I’m pretty sure that’s covered in the AP Stylebook and that’s as good an authority as any for US English. I have an old copy somewhere but it’s not easily accessible right now.

Depends on the context and how conservative you are (in the sense of tradition for tradition, not politics or anything else). Tradition holds that you call someone at that level of elected office by their previous title. If you want to break with tradition, you can call them whatever you want. You didn’t sign any legally binding agreements that say you have to call someone a fancy title. This holds for judges, doctors, and other people that think random chance and living their life gives them a special name that you don’t get.

I address current president as Mr. so the question is kinda moot.

Officially, once elected President, you are granted the title or "Mr. President" for life.