Franz Joseph Biden & That Late-Empire Vibe

It's Not the Age, It's the Infirmity.

Nov 21, 2023

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<font style="vertical-align: inherit;"><font style="vertical-align: inherit;">Theodore Roosevelt with the Kaiser. </font><font style="vertical-align: inherit;">Illustration - Photo: Printed in "Illustrierte Kronen-Zeitung" XI. </font><font style="vertical-align: inherit;">Year No. 3697 April 17, 1910, page 3 (ANNO/ÖNB) - Archive Zentner"</font></font>

On Sunday, April 17, 1910, the octogenerian emperor of Austria-Hungary, Franz Joseph, received Theodore Roosevelt. TR, memorably described as “a steam engine in trousers,” had relinquished the American presidency in the prior year.

Roosevelt’s inimitable public persona was a faithful representation of the spectacular rise of the United States. Franz Jose…

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