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No, when Albo was opposition leader he critisized Trump - I think when Trump was a candidate for President, not the actual President.
You mean this criticism. :tearsofjoy:


The 2017 video shows the now-Prime Minister’s appearance at a Q&A at Splendour in the Grass when he was serving as Labor’s transport and infrastructure spokesman while in opposition.

Asked how he would “deal with Trump”, Mr Albanese replied: “With trepidation.”


“He (Trump) scares the sh*t out of me and I think it’s of some concern the leader of the free world thinks that you can conduct politics through 140 characters on Twitter overnight.”


 
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And for the latest in you just cannot script this stuff. Elons rescue mission takeoff just got delayed. Apparently if they fired it up, the hydraulics from the launch tower would not have released the rocket and we get BOOMIES.

And.... it was a NASA call to scrub it. On the day Elon just nixed the NASA senior leadership. :tearsofjoy: :tearsofjoy:
 

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And this guy...
who originally pleaded not guilty, found out his partner in the scam was giving evidence so he then pled guilty and then when he got 2.5 years jail then tried to go to the supreme court to plead not guilty again (and failed) just got a complete pardon from the shitter.

2 weeks into his prison sentence.

#GoGrifters....
 

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China's economy was struggling bad after the real estate collapse. It was expected to bounce back but no one knew how it would bounce back. Turns out that Trump's tariffs was the boost they needed. Now as the US markets shift down, other countries have started increasing investment in China in response and China's market is booming.
 

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China's economy was struggling bad after the real estate collapse. It was expected to bounce back but no one knew how it would bounce back. Turns out that Trump's tariffs was the boost they needed. Now as the US markets shift down, other countries have started increasing investment in China in response and China's market is booming.
MAGA logic.. Trump was right with his tariffs, they did revive the economy.. (Fact Check: only problem is, it’s not the U.S. economy)
 

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You mean this criticism. :tearsofjoy:


The 2017 video shows the now-Prime Minister’s appearance at a Q&A at Splendour in the Grass when he was serving as Labor’s transport and infrastructure spokesman while in opposition.

Asked how he would “deal with Trump”, Mr Albanese replied: “With trepidation.”


“He (Trump) scares the sh*t out of me and I think it’s of some concern the leader of the free world thinks that you can conduct politics through 140 characters on Twitter overnight.”


No I don't think it was that, it seemed more like an typical polly insult.
 

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China's economy was struggling bad after the real estate collapse. It was expected to bounce back but no one knew how it would bounce back. Turns out that Trump's tariffs was the boost they needed. Now as the US markets shift down, other countries have started increasing investment in China in response and China's market is booming.
Australia should follow suit. Get on the upward momentum

Trump is grounding the Blue Eagle. Time for the rise of the Empire of the Red Dragon.
 

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Australia should follow suit. Get on the upward momentum

Trump is grounding the Blue Eagle. Time for the rise of the Empire of the Red Dragon.
It may happen naturally for us. The US accounts for less than 5% of our exports and 10% of our imports. Other than the fact that we are in surplus with the US and we're not putting tariffs on them like Trump is, most of our trading partners are in Asia with our major partner being China. It's kind of stupid that we pander to the US over China.

If Trump increases tariffs on other Australian goods then trade will shift toward Asia naturally.

This is why Trump's negotiation tactics are so stupid. He's using real estate negotiation tactics. He doesn't really believe that long term tariffs will solve anything. He believes that if he puts tariffs on countries then they will offer him tribute to get them removed.

And he's partially right. Some countries will negotiate new trade agreements that are beneficial to the US. But other countries will drive trade agreements away from the US. Trump doesn't realise that his risky tactics could result in more countries moving toward BRICS, and as a result, the eventual drop in the power of US trade and the eventual collapse of the US economy.
 

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Whatever happened to the Jew rape tunnels in New York?
 
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