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To: Skywise; jimfr; nickcarraway

I forgot about this for a second in my above post. Teddy also was the first president in U.S. history to implement price controls.

Trump has precious little in common with someone that has so many left wing policies.


29 posted on 05/31/2023 1:12:43 PM PDT by ProgressingAmerica (The historians must be stopped. They're destroying everything.)
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To: ProgressingAmerica; Skywise; jimfr; nickcarraway

I will say-I know TR did un-conservative things, but I have found it is hard not to admire him.

He did back up his outsized ego with enthusiastic and aggressive action, much the same as Trump does, and he believed in a strong America, or at least the appearance of it. He was, in many ways, quintessentially American.

Once I realized how anti-capitalist he frequently was (or appeared to want to look) it did take the shine off him a bit for me.

I had a much worse outlook on Truman as well, as I delved deeper into his war on McCarthy.


38 posted on 05/31/2023 8:07:25 PM PDT by rlmorel ("If you think tough men are dangerous, just wait until you see what weak men are capable of." JBP)
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