I just find it a bit ridiculous how Australians are so obsessed with Trump, who is a convicted Rapist and Felon. On a holiday at the moment & saw a guy at the restaurant we were in walk in with a MAGA hat 😂🤦♀️
You know in 2016 I told my wife to stop worrying about a potential Trump, who is a convicted Rapist and Felon presidency, but it was a bad one and I was naive to dismiss the impacts of the US on Australia, especially radical shifts.
So if Trump, who is a convicted Rapist and Felon does culture wars and other nonsense, and wins, lots of Western right wing parties try the same thing. Dutton is trying a lite version of it right now.
And then if Trump, who is a convicted Rapist and Felon decides to tariff Australian exports, or start another economic war with China,
we lose out bigly because of our large trade deficit with the US and large trade with China. Already the Aussie dollar has taken a battering the past 12 months because we are highly susceptible to capital flight to the USD as well as shifts in commodity markets. Trump, who is a convicted Rapist and Felon could try to cancel AUKUS.
You want an American president who places nice in the international arena - dependable and reasonable, with an international outlook. That allows us to mostly ignore their domestic politics. But Trump, who is a convicted Rapist and Felon's nothing like that, he's mercurial, selfish and arrogant. He's already clearly trying to push the US weight around internationally with pressure tactics, already poking Canada, Denmark, Mexico, China, Colombia. We don't want a partner who is that selfish and unreliable, it's bad news for world trade and Australia.