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by Lawrence Kadish • July 28, 2025 at 3:30 pm
In 1907, when the United States wanted to send a global message regarding its emerging power, President Theodore Roosevelt sent the "Great White Fleet," into waters that had never seen the American flag. Today's leaders of Communist China apparently read part of Roosevelt's manual for projecting power. They have just neglected to read the part about being a force for good. Pictured: The battleship USS Connecticut leads the "Great White Fleet" out of Hampton Roads, Virginia, in December 1907. (Photo by Underwood & Underwood/Archive Photos/Getty Images)

In response to the Chinese Communist Party increasing its presence in the western Pacific Ocean, the Trump administration recently responded brilliantly, in the manner of President Theodore Roosevelt, by increasing its presence in the Indo-Pacific.

In 1907, when the United States wanted to send a global message regarding its emerging power, Roosevelt sent a naval flotilla into waters that had never seen the American flag.

Popularly called the "Great White Fleet," the exercise was understood by friend and foe alike that the United States had arrived on the world stage and needed to be taken seriously.

Today's leaders of Communist China apparently read part of Roosevelt's manual for projecting power. They have just neglected to read the part about being a force for good.

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