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One additional unknown: Who among Trump’s Cabinet leaders and White House economic advisers will influence the administration’s trade posture and navigate the president’s convictions that tariffs offer the U.S. big sticks and produce big revenues?
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Alexis Simendinger, The Hill, 23 Jan. 2025
The United States has the big stick—the world's largest economy, its reserve currency, its innovation engine.
—Robert Daugherty, Forbes.com, 3 Apr. 2025
Jacobson’s a family man with a soft voice and a big stick.
—Sean Keeler, Denver Post, 30 Mar. 2025
Instead of speaking softly and carrying a big stick, as former President Theodore Roosevelt once advocated, President Donald Trump has threatened to turn Canada into the 51st state, to annex Greenland from Denmark, and to forcibly displace 2 million Palestinians to create the Gaza Riviera.
—David Faris, Newsweek, 27 Feb. 2025
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Alexis Simendinger, The Hill, 23 Jan. 2025
The United States has the big stick—the world's largest economy, its reserve currency, its innovation engine.
—Robert Daugherty, Forbes.com, 3 Apr. 2025
Jacobson’s a family man with a soft voice and a big stick.
—Sean Keeler, Denver Post, 30 Mar. 2025
Instead of speaking softly and carrying a big stick, as former President Theodore Roosevelt once advocated, President Donald Trump has threatened to turn Canada into the 51st state, to annex Greenland from Denmark, and to forcibly displace 2 million Palestinians to create the Gaza Riviera.
—David Faris, Newsweek, 27 Feb. 2025
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“Big stick.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/big%20stick. Accessed 20 Apr. 2025.
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