“To actualize Teddy Roosevelt’s famous advice, sometimes we’ll talk softly and carry a big Javelin.”
Joe Biden
President of the United States
This Thursday, the President of the United States announced a new round of military aid worth $800 million to Ukraine, reports The New York Times. A week after another salvo of the same amount, this announcement brings the total amount of military aid granted to Ukraine by Washington to more than 3 billion dollars.
Joe Biden clarified that the list of some of the weapons sent would be kept secret. He then took up the famous phrase of Theodore Roosevelt, president of the country at the beginning of the 20th century.e century : “Speak softly and carry a big stick; you will go far.” Biden replaced the “stick”, symbolizing an impressive military force and capable of intervening abroad if necessary, by the “Javelin”, the missile launcher sent in abundance by the United States and “which was effective against Russian tanks”, precise The New York Times.