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How Australia is Responding to a Second Trump Term (www.cfr.org)

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[–] [email protected] 12 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Aren't we responding with 'Enough about the bloody US election, already'? I was sick of the whole circus several weeks ago. Now, it's supposedly over and we're still getting articles about the whole stupid thing. I stay out of /All because it's full of US politics.

This much noise about any other election, even our own, would be thought of as weird. But the Internet goes on and on and on about the US one. Yes, there are some ramifications for the rest of the world on how they vote. No, I'd have no problem with a few articles discussing it. But this wall-to-wall saturation for six months has left me feeling utterly sick of the whole thing.

As to AUKUS, I don't even know what it gives us that our alliances of the past half-century already provide. It's not like those relationships are in danger, no matter who sits in the White House/No. 10 Downing/Canberra.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 3 days ago

Its a trade deal for military technology. Where the US already is in the superior bargaining position for re/setting terms, agenda, and prices.

I don't know why anyone in Australia, or the world, thinks thats in jeopardy. Even the most craven of administrations would love this, as far as i know, uncapped 'deal'.

At most the screws might be turned, but our unimaginative military leaders will always recommend we pay, or rely on the US' decisions in regards agenda or terms.

They will do this, because they seem to have no genuine ideas for builing our own defense capabilities. Their answer is always the same.

A wise government would be directing companies around Australia to build up the Australian military industrial supply systen in the national interest. They should've given up the slower single large contract tendering processes when the Russians tried to decapitate Kyiv.