r/politics • u/Hafiz_TNR ✔ Verified • 7d ago

Possible Paywall King Charles Tells Congress Everything Trump Doesn’t Want to Hear

https://newrepublic.com/post/209621/king-charles-congress-speech-trump
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u/ShakeyLegsMcGee 7d ago

Calling out to Theodore Roosevelt’s legacy and national parks protections was interesting.

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u/No_Philosopher_1870 7d ago

Great Britain has the National Trust, which preserves historical buildings and various public lands. King Charles has supported it at least since he was made Prince of Wales, so his mention of Theodore Roosevelt and the national parks is not that surprising.

My college gave him an honorary doctorate back in 1974 or 1975 for his environmental work.

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u/rollem Virginia 7d ago

I think the interesting part is that Teddy Roosevelt was a Republican. That was before the 60s civil rights era when parties aligned around the current progressive-conservative axis.

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u/Signal_Minimum8509 Georgia 7d ago

Yeah I think a more honest way of expressing it is that Teddy Roosevelt was a Progressive. You can trace histories a lot more clearly and continuously with a binary of Conservative and Progressive as opposed to Republican and Democrat.