Compared to Teddy we ARE all soft.

Very few could ever keep up with his energy.

But I don't envy the sorrow he had to face in his life.

"Teddy had boxing matches. Trump had MMA."

Teddy Roosevelt boxed himself. These were not exhibition matches of others. It was Teddy boxing against anyone who would take the challenge. He took on anyone he could - including professional boxers. He frequently sparred in a makeshift White House ring against staff, friends, and professional fighters.

It was not an exhibition of violence on his front lawn.

So don't tell us how "soft" we are.

Let's see Trumpy get into the ring and then we'll talk. In fact, let ME get in the ring with Trumpy and let's see who is softer. And no I'm no professional boxer but I could down take that fat slob in seconds.

When the president is beating up all comers with his fists, it's an exhibition of violence on the front lawn.

Fine. Let's see Trumpy do that.

Theodore Roosevelt held his boxing matches and sparring sessions in the transformed basement of the White House.

He used the basement as a personal gym, laying down training mats where he took on military aides, visitors, professional boxers, and even cabinet members. The president used these matches to stay in peak physical shape until a punch from his military aide in 1905 shattered his glasses and caused permanent vision damage, forcing him to retire from the ring.

And now you know the rest of the story.

Teddy did not have exhibition matches on his front lawn.

People just don't like it this time, because Trump's a terrible person. Teddy would also be a terrible person by modern standards, a prolific trophy hunter.

#20 | POSTED BY SITZKRIEG

No Teddy Roosevelt would not be a terrible person by today's standards. Teddy was an Amazing President especially by today's "no standards". He would probably not be a "trophy hunter" today. Not when the trophy's are in danger of extinction. He would recognize thi s and deal with it accordingly.

In addition to expanding the national park system, Roosevelt used the landmark Antiquities Act of 1906 to establish 18 national monuments, including the Grand Canyon.

Theodore Roosevelt is widely considered by historians to be a "near-great" leader, consistently ranking in the top five of the C-SPAN Presidential Historians Survey.

It would take hours to list his accomplishments in life.

He will always be a heroic figure to me.

Teddy Roosevelt thinks you are all soft.

Teddy dropped dead at 60.

#47 | POSTED BY LEE_THE_AGENT

Yup! Turns out life is not a race. It's an endurance contest.

Strength comes in many forms. Sometimes it's just patience and dogged perseverance.

If Teddy and I were in a long distance race together I'd be the "turtle" and he'd be the "hare". He would kick my butt in the beginning of the race(and I'd have to let him) but i would eventually outlast him and win that race.

Personally i believe it's the expedition to the River of Doubt that eventually killed him. I would have done that differently too. I would have studied the natives to see how they were able to live in such primitive conditions first. It would have taken longer but we would have been much better prepared to survive in the jungles of the Amazon. Teddy barely got out alive.

The harrowing Amazon journey severely compromised his health. The combination of tropical diseases like malaria, an infected leg wound, and starvation caused his condition to deteriorate, which ultimately led to a coronary embolism at age 60.

Is our wannabe Caligula gonna feed all the people that day, too?

That would be something to see.

Roman emperors frequently fed the crowds at gladiator matches. To maintain popularity, hosts combined the violence of the arena with food distributions and lavish banquets, creating the famous political strategy of "bread and circuses".

I am down for a "lavish banquet"!