People don’t get this. Speak softly and carry a big stick doesn’t mean you have a giant army and navy and you don’t do shit. It means you have a giant army and navy, and when somebody pushes a boundary, you destroy them with overwhelming force, WHILE you speak softly. Trump gets it. Irán fucked around and found out, all the while trump spoke calmly and softly
Big Stick diplomacy.
Sometimes, the stick has to be swung.
People don’t get this. Speak softly and carry a big stick doesn’t mean you have a giant army and navy and you don’t do shit. It means you have a giant army and navy, and when somebody pushes a boundary, you destroy them with overwhelming force, WHILE you speak softly. Trump gets it. Irán fucked around and found out, all the while trump spoke calmly and softly
I can buy calmly, not 100% on the softly bit.