Teddy Roosevelt’s critique of Wilson was that he did take us into World War I soon enough. Roosevelt liked the Kaiser, and was somewhat of a Germanophile. But he thought the invasion of Belgium was an outrage.
A German diplomat came to him early in the war bearing his master’s compliments, and hopes that the former president remembered the warm reception he had received in Berlin (during a post-presidency world tour). Roosevelt said, “I shall never forget the way in which His Majesty the Emperor received me in Berlin, nor the way in which His Majesty King Albert of Belgium received me in Brussels.” That ended the meeting.
If Roosevelt had won the three-way election of 1912, his domestic policies would, if possible, have been even worse than Wilson’s. But his diplomacy would have far more clear and forceful.