No one should have any illusions about Trump’s trade ‘diplomacy’. It’s America First enforced by crude, strong arm tactics. Australia must respond with strength, putting critical minerals supplies, #AUKUS and JDF Pine Gap on the negotiating table. #auspol - ThreadSky

mrrexpatrick.bsky.social • 15 days ago

No one should have any illusions about Trump’s trade ‘diplomacy’. It’s America First enforced by crude, strong arm tactics. Australia must respond with strength, putting critical minerals supplies, #AUKUS and JDF Pine Gap on the negotiating table. #auspol

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huggybare.bsky.social•15 days ago

Trump gives us a great opportunity to bail out of AUKUS

psychxx.bsky.social•15 days ago

💯

drgreenie.bsky.social•15 days ago

Not just Pine Gap, Darwin too. #Aukus was questionable before Trump, it’s ludicrous now.

lindabrownoz.bsky.social•15 days ago

Should but won’t. 🤬

jakobgamertsfelder.bsky.social•15 days ago

As an aside, I worked for a very short while, somewhere out that way. Nothing special. The rumor was anything could go in and out of Australia if you wanted to. Fireworks, cars, cockatoos.

katiecannon.bsky.social•15 days ago

Increase trade with ASEAN countries

Quietly evaluate what BRICS is doing, etc

davideasdown.bsky.social•15 days ago

Labour was wedged on AUKUS and now is the time to extricate ourselves from it, regardless of the recent (especially poorly timed) down payment. If I recall we lost as many funds in default when we turned away from France.

angry-goddess.bsky.social•15 days ago

A non story

afoolonahill.bsky.social•15 days ago

Trumps tariffs would make any AUKUS submarines even more expensive. Not that we're ever getting any submarines but a good excuse to back out of the deal.

Apart from that there is really no need for Australia to respond at all. It's just more US self-harming, leave them to it

shielphi.bsky.social•15 days ago

Pull the plug on Pine Gap.

valentenya.bsky.social•15 days ago

Fuck negotiating. How about we just cut the fascists loose and turn to Asia.

johnlarooy.bsky.social•15 days ago

100% tariff on US monster trucks please

reidfineartaus.bsky.social•15 days ago

Yep close pine gap down

mariusmainridge.bsky.social•15 days ago

We need our politicians to stand up for Australia, firm and strong with dignified diplomacy

kadungle.bsky.social•15 days ago

Sadly 'ya dreamin'. #TimidTony doesn't have the cajones. #auspol

jayk117.bsky.social•15 days ago

I suspect Shitler will continue to strong-arm Albanese and start praising Dutton publicly, foreign interference is incoming!

tooch213.bsky.social•15 days ago

Steel/aluminium tariffs won’t shift anything for a couple years if even then.

tooch213.bsky.social•15 days ago

Tariffs are universal, so it’s not like other countries can offer cheaper alternatives and fill the void.

tooch213.bsky.social•15 days ago

And these levels of imports have been around for years so it’s unlikely US steel / alum can ramp up overnight let alone provide a cheaper alternative. So big risk is just US inflation and Fed hiking interest rates by the end of the year.

olthwaiteeric.bsky.social•15 days ago

Elbow doesn't have it in him.

wildlymanifest.bsky.social•15 days ago

I say we shut down Pine Gap regardless and blow it to smithereens.

gillykh.bsky.social•15 days ago

💯

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