“Speak softly and carry a big stick; you will go far.” President Roosevelt’s foreign policy, The Big Stick Diplomacy, positively affected the U.S by changing how other countries viewed our country. He broke the isolationism that described U.S. America is now involved with other countries politically. This benefited us politically because we would seem we had a strong government. Roosevelt showed power by enforcing the policy using his military background. He used this advantage to give the U.S more power. This policy asserted the U.S’s dominance. The policy provided benefits for other nations by helping smaller countries that owe money to larger one. The Dominican Republic owed money to European countries but were deeply in debt. Roosevelt
