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Explanation:
This was referring to his Big Stick ideology also called big stick diplomacy or big stick policy. This was Theodore Roosevelt's foreign policy. ''Speak softly and carry a big stick; you will go far'' is what he used to say. This style of foreign policy would need a big military capability and thus his enemies would have to take him seriously. And in case something went sour in the diplomacy sphere there was always military to fall back to.
