^^^^^ Duh!Wayne wrote:lisa jones wrote:Wayne wrote:Turnbull and the rest of his lackeys will do what America tells them to do. They buy stuff all from us. we mean stuff all to them, and if we don't lick their boots they can cripple our entire defence force by severely limiting access to technology, spares, knowledge and upgrades. A the very time we need a good diplomat for an Ambassador in the US, we are stuck with the useless Hockey and a insipid foreign minister.We deserve what we get - all bets are off with Trump
It's been like that since Federation.
So you can't just blame Turnbull et al.
No it hasn't. This is the first time the US has had a President that is actually not afraid to ruffle feathers. I think it is great! Politicians like we have don't know how to handle him - they don't know what to do when a person like Trumps tells them to go have intercourse with themselves. The ONLY countries Trump has to be "nice" to are Japan and China - between them they hold around 2.5 Trillion dollars of US debt. Of course, if they themselves get out of hand, Trumpy will also tell them where to go. This is a complete new game in world politics - and we as a backwater swamp can do nothing about it.
We need the US a lot more than they need us.
NB The previous paragraph doesn't support your earlier post.....sigh.