“Speak softly and carry a big stick,”–Theodore Roosevelt

[Dee Fatouros]

"How a Sensible Great Power Maintains Its Influence" By Conrad Black President Trump, contrary to what his opponents think, is following Theodore Roosevelt’s counsel to “speak softly and carry a big stick,” and it is working. It is not too soon to examine the shifting strategic balance in the world in the light of the unfolding coronavirus crisis and its economic and political consequences. Though he gets little credit for it—even from his supporters, who tend not to be overly sophisticated foreign policy specialists—President Trump has carefully developed a subtle foreign policy. This policy is based on a definition of America’s interests that is not adventurously overstretched .....

“Speak softly and carry a big stick,”–Theodore Roosevelt

[Dee Fatouros]

The key word is in the title---sensible.