Teddy Roosevelt was hardly a shrinking violet. The Rough Rider, outdoorsman and survivor of an assassination attempt in 1912 (he famously continued delivering a speech being shot), was a contradiction; the man who never met an animal he didn’t wish to shoot was also an intellectual. Equal parts thoughtful and heedless, Roosevelt was a president for a nation rising to take its place among the leaders of the nascent 20th century.
It was Roosevelt who fulfilled the long-held industrialist dream of shortening the shipping routes for goods flowing between the Atlantic and Pacific coasts by overseeing the construction of a 51-mile-long engineering impossibility known as the Panama Canal. In 1999, the Canal reverted to the Panamanian people. Now, another American president .
Oh, and apparently he also wants and . It’s a surprising Christmas list for a landlord who will soon, once again, oversee a nation that has enough trouble managing the real estate portfolio already in its possession. While seeking consent has never been ’s strong suit, I find it galling that he’s making noises about violating even more boundaries.
Trump possesses all of Roosevelt’s bluster but none of his subtlety. One president advised the nation to “speak softly and carry a big stick.” The other told Billy Bush that when you’re a star, .
I don’t expect Panama, Greenland, or Canada will allow Donald to grab what isn’t his. (Nor do I think to the man in the long red tie.) But while his territ.
