The correct answer to this open question is the following.
Although there are no options attached we can say the following.
The way President Jefferson responded to piracy in the Mediterranean and to the continued seizures of ships by the British and French was to stop paying tributes because he considered that although previous presidents George Washing and John Adams had paid tributes to pirates, the extortions continued.
President Thomas Jefferson put a stop to pirates because their demands never stopped. The response from Tripoli was that pirates demanded more payments. Jefferson said no and that is when Tripoli declared war on the United States
I think President Jefferson pursued the best foreign policy because eventually the United States signed a peace treaty with Tripoli, and in the case of France and Britain, kept negotiations open until these failed. That is when he decided to impose a trade embargo.