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[crocodile]

Trump and his tarrifs have sent my high risk superannuation into free fall.

Mine too. Not great for someone who retired just two months ago. They always go back up eventually. Unfortunately, up the stairs and down the elevator.

 

[Gary Gutful]

Mine too. Not great for someone who retired just two months ago. They always go back up eventually. Unfortunately, up the stairs and down the elevator.

Crocodiles never retire. They keep chomping.

 

[crocodile]

Crocodiles never retire. They keep chomping.

This one has. One may still chomp in retirement.

 

[hindy111]

Mine too. Not great for someone who retired just two months ago. They always go back up eventually. Unfortunately, up the stairs and down the elevator.

We are getting shaken down.

 

[Obscene Assassin]

Maybe we should start charging high rents for the use of Pine Gap.

Or close it completely

 

[Gronk]

Meanwhile Trump did an infomercial.

 

[Twizzle]

And I'm sure Donny boy paid for his new Tesla.

 

[the phantom menace]

This was Dutton's big chance, to show that he'd be the one to stand up to Trump the best compared to Albo... However Dutton won't do that - because he's cut from the same cloth as Trump, and had been trying to follow the orange guy's lead with some of his campaign pledges etc.

Albo and Penny Wong and team will be the ones to stand up to Trump for Australia in the next three years - rather than suck up to him and the corporate masters, like Dutton and the LNP.

 

[Gronk]

So now Australia "dumps" aluminium in the USA market and sells it at below production cost.

‘Dumpers’: US lashes Australia on trade as Canada, EU hit back over Trump’s tariffs

US Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick – with whom Australia was negotiating in the days leading up to tariffs being finalised – singled out Australia for criticism.

www.smh.com.au

 

[Gronk]

Everyone's a winner !

USA gets their rare earth minerals.

Russia gets all the land that they invaded plus a power plant.

Ukraine gets screwed.

[That's not brokering a peace deal. That's stopping a fight in the playground and letting the bully pick what sandwich he can steal. As they walk away, the Peace Guy takes little Jimmy's watch.]

 

[the phantom menace]

Trump's a merkin.

And Disappointing Dutton just wants to ride in his wake...

 

[JokerEel]

Trump's a merkin.

And Disappointing Dutton just wants to ride in his wake...

Why is it disappointing for you lefties merkins?

Wouldn't that be good as he is basically shooting himself in the foot for the PM race.

Plus didn't he just come out and say Trump's a merkin? I am confused by all the media propaganda

 

[Gary Gutful]

This was Dutton's big chance, to show that he'd be the one to stand up to Trump the best compared to Albo... However Dutton won't do that - because he's cut from the same cloth as Trump, and had been trying to follow the orange guy's lead with some of his campaign pledges etc.

Albo and Penny Wong and team will be the ones to stand up to Trump for Australia in the next three years - rather than suck up to him and the corporate masters, like Dutton and the LNP.

Neither party will do shit. Use your geopolitical noggin.

 

[Gronk]

For those who are pro Trump, I am interested if their unconditional love extends so far as to condone this dictator f**kery.

 

[Gronk]

He might be a smug comedian, but he makes a point. Why do the conservatives side with big corporate tax minimisation?

 

[Twizzle]

hahaha

 

[bazza]

so about 20% of the Australian population support Donald and the US more than Australia

The ABC has polling from Talbot Mills on attitudes to Donald Trump, finding approval down from 41% since February (well on the high side of such polling in Australia) to 37% and disapproval up from 49% to 51%, including a six-point increase for “strongly disapprove”. Twenty-two per cent of Australians somehow approve of steel and aluminium tariffs on Australian exports, with 65% disapproving. The survey was conducted between March 6 and 12, so before the tariffs were actually confirmed, from a sample of 1051.

Federal polls: Essential, Morgan, Greens seat polling (open thread) - The Poll Bludger

Encouraging new polls for Anthony Albanese and Labor, plus a more objective account of Greens seat polling than you'll get from News Corp.

www.pollbludger.net

 

[Gronk]

so about 20% of the Australian population support Donald and the US more than Australia

The ABC has polling from Talbot Mills on attitudes to Donald Trump, finding approval down from 41% since February (well on the high side of such polling in Australia) to 37% and disapproval up from 49% to 51%, including a six-point increase for “strongly disapprove”. Twenty-two per cent of Australians somehow approve of steel and aluminium tariffs on Australian exports, with 65% disapproving. The survey was conducted between March 6 and 12, so before the tariffs were actually confirmed, from a sample of 1051.

Federal polls: Essential, Morgan, Greens seat polling (open thread) - The Poll Bludger

Encouraging new polls for Anthony Albanese and Labor, plus a more objective account of Greens seat polling than you'll get from News Corp.

www.pollbludger.net

 

[JokerEel]

He might be a smug comedian, but he makes a point. Why do the conservatives side with big corporate tax minimisation?

Wish he wouldn't be a Labor simp though and call them out as well.

 

[JohnStoppafarty]

Is anyone going to mention the Box Hill / Penny Wong thing or has it not made MSM?