LOL. The thing everyone but Trump understands is that the US hasn’t been “helping” its allies out of altruism. Its money. Everyone wants money. Allies want money, the US wants money. Everyone can make more money if there’s a US military base just over the horizon because everyone can just be cool.
Trump has always been transactional. He doesn’t understand equity, or good will, or anything that doesn’t product an immediate tangible benefit. Why invest in a partnership if that partner isn’t enriching him personally.
He was playing fart of the deal with Australia a few months back. Wanted our military budget to be 3% of GDP (its about half that). In the end he gave us a pass because he was scared we would do rare earth deals with China.
Yes hes doing incalculable damage to relationships while hes around, but these alliances have been built over decades, even millennia. They will outlast the Trump era, which only has months left to run id say.
It’s not only money, it’s global influence and ability to project power. The USA wouldn’t be able to do that without countries all over the world tolerating US bases on their soil. That’s likely going to change. The US will degrade itself from a global to a regional power due to giving some rich idiot with the mind of a toddler virtually unlimited powers.
I’m not gonna be happy if Albo makes us join the ‘Board of Peace’. But I honestly wonder if he has the ticker to turn Trump down. I’ve typically been a Labor voter, but Albanese’s been a thundering disappointment.
If he does, though, it’d be the perfect opportunity to start moving our trade away from the US. There’s always the Pine Gap carrot to dangle in front of the orange moron, too. Doesn’t wanna treat us with respect? No more 5 Eyes for Donny.
Let’s face it: There hasn’t been a war or ‘peacekeeping’ action we haven’t been dragged into by the US since we stopped getting dragged into them by England. With the exception of Bougainville, I suppose. China’s not interested in starting a war with a country that is happy to have trade with them. It’d ultimately be in our favour to distance ourselves from Trump.
NATO standardization of things like ammunition has enabled a lot of ability to specialize and achieve economies of scale. The USA is fucking that up, too. :(
LOL. The thing everyone but Trump understands is that the US hasn’t been “helping” its allies out of altruism. Its money. Everyone wants money. Allies want money, the US wants money. Everyone can make more money if there’s a US military base just over the horizon because everyone can just be cool.
Trump has always been transactional. He doesn’t understand equity, or good will, or anything that doesn’t product an immediate tangible benefit. Why invest in a partnership if that partner isn’t enriching him personally.
He was playing fart of the deal with Australia a few months back. Wanted our military budget to be 3% of GDP (its about half that). In the end he gave us a pass because he was scared we would do rare earth deals with China.
Yes hes doing incalculable damage to relationships while hes around, but these alliances have been built over decades, even millennia. They will outlast the Trump era, which only has months left to run id say.
He has no concept of soft power
It’s not only money, it’s global influence and ability to project power. The USA wouldn’t be able to do that without countries all over the world tolerating US bases on their soil. That’s likely going to change. The US will degrade itself from a global to a regional power due to giving some rich idiot with the mind of a toddler virtually unlimited powers.
I’m not gonna be happy if Albo makes us join the ‘Board of Peace’. But I honestly wonder if he has the ticker to turn Trump down. I’ve typically been a Labor voter, but Albanese’s been a thundering disappointment.
If he does, though, it’d be the perfect opportunity to start moving our trade away from the US. There’s always the Pine Gap carrot to dangle in front of the orange moron, too. Doesn’t wanna treat us with respect? No more 5 Eyes for Donny.
Let’s face it: There hasn’t been a war or ‘peacekeeping’ action we haven’t been dragged into by the US since we stopped getting dragged into them by England. With the exception of Bougainville, I suppose. China’s not interested in starting a war with a country that is happy to have trade with them. It’d ultimately be in our favour to distance ourselves from Trump.
NATO standardization of things like ammunition has enabled a lot of ability to specialize and achieve economies of scale. The USA is fucking that up, too. :(