"Below the surface level, their political ideologies could not be further apart. Roosevelt was a progressive."
Both Roosevelt’s were................
kabuki theatre...I was under the impression that it was a pretend conflict. The combatants are pretending — something like Washington Generals vs. Harlem Globetrotters...
I don’t think Trump is pretending.
As much as I love the one excellent thing TR did with the creation of the NPS, along with his amazingly dynamic character - he was, otherwise, one of the worst bearers of calamity that occupied the office.
His 1912 ‘Bull Moose’ tantrum party spoiled the chance of a fine candidate ( Taft ), and brought us the horror of Woodrow Wilson, whose acts still grind at this nation’s substance.
Rush would have been 74 yesterday.
I like Dan Bongino’s take. They are telling A story not THE story.
The democrat party has been destroying the Constitution from the day it was founded the list is a long one.
It’s why things are what they are now.
Media approved (not so silent party members)
What, Atlantic makes no comparison of the “nationalism” of TR, aka, centralization and socialism, versus the nationalism of Trump, aka patriotism?
Hmm, and which form of nationalism has Atlantic, etc. compared to Hitler?
"Below the surface level, their political ideologies could not be further apart. (Theodore) Roosevelt was a progressive."
Progressivism included different strands of thought. Roosevelt and Taft were very close early on. Later, Roosevelt fell under the influence of more radical progressive intellectuals and moved further left.
About TR and DJT: their constitutional philosophies are different, but there are similarities in their philosophies of the presidency and the nation (if “philosophy” is the right word).
When it comes to the presidency their starting points are different. Roosevelt increased the powers of the presidency beyond what earlier presidents made use of. Trump is working with the greater powers that presidents now have.
I have always believed that it would also be necessary to give the National Government complete power over the organization and capitalization of all business concerns engaged in inter-State commerce. - Theodore Roosevelt, Autobiography, pate 560
https://archive.org/details/theodorerooseve07roosgoog/page/559/mode/2up
Did you notice the "always"? I'll tell you what I'm NOT supposed to do with this, and that's ignore it. I'm also NOT supposed to make excuses for it, or dissemble over it.
What do I do from this what can we learn from this?