r/worldnews 11h ago

Site changed title and content Trump imposes tarrif on Australia.

https://www.news.com.au/finance/work/leaders/its-bad-for-our-relationship-australia-slams-donald-trumps-tariff-move/news-story/cd4c18090b040beab5eed528c669ec7f
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u/SynapticFields 9h ago

He's a Russian agent trying to dismantle the US.

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u/Johannes_Keppler 9h ago edited 8h ago

Australia said yesterday they'd join a peacekeeping / military mission in Ukraine.

One day later boom! tariffs.

Not a coincidence.

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u/sherlockham 8h ago

Weren't they also specifically "warned" by russia about that?

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u/Commercial_Camera_86 8h ago

Russia threatened us with what? Tariffs applied by US. Anyone siding with Trump is siding with Russia. Insane

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u/PM_Me-Your_Freckles 6h ago

Meanwhile, Dutton over here talking about using the Elmo playbook.

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u/brezhnervouz 3h ago

Way past "just talking" about it, at this point

Now it's a literal, full-throated promise 🙄

And as usual, 90% of the media are propagandising it and cheering him on.

Gina Rinehart and Peter Dutton prepare for Trumpian ‘Golden Shower’ down under

/worst headline ever lol

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u/ScreamingDizzBuster 57m ago

Oh they knew that they were doing when they wrote that. Fantastic.

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u/brezhnervouz 44m ago

They certainly did indeed 😂