Big stick taken by Trump? (7,3)

I believe the answer is:

snooker cue

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'by trump?' is the definition.
I don't know anything about this answer so I can't judge whether this works.

'big stick' is the wordplay.
'big' becomes 'snooker' (I am not sure about this - if you are sure you should believe this answer much more).
'stick' becomes 'cue' (I've seen this before).
'snooker'+'cue'='SNOOKER CUE'

'taken' acts as a link.

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