Theodore Roosevelt

Assistant Navy Sec :) Planning a war to impress my dead dad 💅 Mustache: divine. Morals? Fading. If you’re into chaos, I’ve got a horse😏

[William Mckinley @25H230POTUS]

Spain, America is watching, watching very closely….

[Theodore Roosevelt @25H230TR]

War’s winding down. Spain’s waiving a white flag. I’ve got a battlefield tan, two promotions, and a hill named after me (unofficially, but still).

Somewhere in the afterlife, my dad just stood up, adjusted his monocle, and said…. ���That’s my boy.” 😔

#DadILiberatedCuba #RoughRiderRoyalty #EndOfEmpire #HIST230 #TAMUQ @justahistprof

[Theodore Roosevelt @25H230TR]

Oh Práxedes, darling......
You call it invasion, I call it an enthusiastic entrance. 😌🇺🇸
If Cuba wanted peace under Spain, you wouldn’t be losing islands like socks in a laundry machine.
And as for hero complexes... guilty as charged. But at least I show up.

#CubaLibre #HIST230 #TAMUQ @justahistprof

[Práxedes Mariano Mateo Sagasta @25H230SPPM]

@25H230TR @justahistprof You bring steel like it’s salvation, but all I see is invasion dressed as rescue.
War isn’t liberation when it arrives shouting and shooting.
Cuba deserves peace—not another empire with a hero complex. 🕊️
#SagastaSpeaks #CubaIsNotYourStage #HIST230 @justahistprof

[Theodore Roosevelt @25H230TR]

@25H230AIL @justahistprof All I hear is words only a coward would utter.

#HIST230 #TAMUQ @justahistprof

[Theodore Roosevelt @25H230TR]

@25H230POTUS YESSIRRRRR🫡🫡🫡🫡🫡🫡🫡

[Theodore Roosevelt @25H230TR]

🚨 WAR. HAS. BEEN. DECLARED. 🚨
Spain has mocked our honor, spilled American blood, and clung to tyranny in Cuba like a parasite. The time for words is over. The time for action is now.

I’m not waiting behind a desk. I’m forming a volunteer cavalry regiment. Americans of grit, fire, and fury. Cowboys. Ivy Leaguers. Hunters. Brawlers. If you can ride, shoot, and shout "Liberty!" louder than cannon fire, you're already halfway in.

We’ll be known as the Rough Riders! And we won’t stop until Old Glory flies over a free Havana.
Do you want your name etched in history—or scribbled in shame?
Report immediately. Bring your courage, your horse, and your best damn mustache.
#RoughRiders #GloryOrNothing #TRGoesToWar #CubaLibre

#HIST230 #TAMUQ @justahistprof

[Theodore Roosevelt @25H230TR]

@25H230POTUS Thank you, Mr. President🫡

[Theodore Roosevelt @25H230TR]

📣 NOW RECRUITING 📣

The 1st U.S. Volunteer Cavalry Regiment, soon to be the Rough Riders, is calling on men of strength, spirit, and steel.

Ranchers. Scholars. Barkeepers. Bankers. If you can ride hard and shoot straight, I want you.

No cowards. No whiners. No desk-bound philosophers.

This is your chance to fight for freedom, honor, and the stars and stripes.
Come with me to Cuba, or stay home and envy the brave.

Sign up. Saddle up. History waits for no man.

#LookAtMeNowDad #CubaLibre
#HIST230 #TAMUQ @justahistprof

[Theodore Roosevelt @25H230TR]

@25H230Senate @25H230SpAdm Well said :(

[Theodore Roosevelt @25H230TR]

@25H230POTUS LMAOOOOOO💀

[Theodore Roosevelt @25H230TR]

So Spain now asks us to take Cuba? After all that blood, sweat, and lead? How generous. 🙄

Troops are heading home, not because we’re retreating, but because we won. Yellow fever may chase our men, but we chased an empire off a continent.

Now Spain wants peace… but they flinch at the word Philippines.
Too late. We’ve paid in sacrifice. The map is already changing.
#PeaceIsEarned #RoughRiders #CubaLibre #TRKnows #HIST230 #TAMUQ @justahistprof

[Theodore Roosevelt @25H230TR]

About time, Mr. Secretary.
Cuba has been bleeding for years!! Now we bring steel and salvation. ⚔️🇺🇸
Shafter’s moving, the War Dept’s roaring, and I’m standing on the deck with my men, eyes locked on Santiago like it insulted my mother.

#HIST230 #TAMUQ @justahistprof

[Russell A. Alger – U.S. Secretary of War 🇺🇸 @25H230SOW]

Gen. Shafter mobilizing in Tampa.
Cuba isn’t a theory anymore, it’s the next battlefield.
The War Dept isn’t pausing. We’re landing.
#HIST230 #CubaLibre #WarDept #TAMUQ

[Russell A. Alger – U.S. Secretary of War 🇺🇸 @25H230SOW]

Gen. Shafter mobilizing in Tampa.
Cuba isn’t a theory anymore, it’s the next battlefield.
The War Dept isn’t pausing. We’re landing.
#HIST230 #CubaLibre #WarDept #TAMUQ

[Theodore Roosevelt @25H230TR]

The sea churns, the rifles gleam, and every man aboard knows: we are not coming for comfort… we are coming for conquest.

#HIST230 #TAMUQ @justahistprof

[Theodore Roosevelt @25H230TR]

The Rough Riders have left Tampa.
We are bound for Santiago de Cuba. 🌊🐎🔥

I’ve got a rifle, a regiment, and a righteous cause. Spain won’t know what hit them… until it’s too late.
See you on the battlefield. Or don’t. Depends how fast you run. #ROUGHRIDERS #CubaLibre #TROnTheMove #HIST230 #TAMUQ @justahistprof

[Theodore Roosevelt @25H230TR]

Spain’s trying to save face with a new Prime Minister😭 Cute.

Meanwhile, McKinley just sent Merritt and an entire expedition to sweep up what’s left of their empire in the Philippines.

This isn’t diplomacy… it’s demolition.
Order will be restored by AMERICANS, not monarchs🇺🇸🦅🦅🦅🦅

#HIST230 #TAMUQ @justahistprof

[Theodore Roosevelt @25H230TR]

And yet, when tyrants burn villages and string up rebels, do we defend our “principles” by watching from across the sea?

Restraint didn’t free the colonies. Glory didn’t chase us… it found us when we stood up for the oppressed.

Liberty isn’t preserved by speeches alone. Sometimes it takes gunpowder and grit.
#CubaLibre #RoughRiders #TRWillNotSitDown

[Theodore Roosevelt @25H230TR]

May 1, 1898

“You may fire when you are ready, Gridley.”
And fire we did. Manila Bay now belongs to the stars and stripes. Spain’s fleet? Sleeping with the fishes. 🫡⚓️ @23HIST230USNAV

Commodore Dewey, you magnificent devil!!!!!!!! You just rewrote naval warfare in six hours. That’s not a battle, that’s a statement. 🇺🇸🔥

Meanwhile, Lt. Rowan hand-delivered courage to General García like it was a Valentine. No red tape. No nonsense. Just grit, guts, and results. 💼🗺️ @23HIST230SOS

We are not just fighting a war, we are rewriting the map.
#ManilaBay #SplendidLittleWar #CubaLibre #NavalDominance #TRisThriving #HIST230 #TAMUQ @justahistprof