Comments by "Tony Wilson" (@tonywilson4713) on "OH NO: Jan 6 Rioters Met with Republicans, Trump Staff, WITH VIDEO" video.

Just a question to you Americans -> Do you realise this isn't just a threat to American democracy its a threat to Western Society? FYI - I'm Australian but went to college in America. I love America and its people and totally hate what Trumpism has done to a fabulous country. However do you know we have similar issues here. We have billionaire named Clive Palmer who has his own party. He's our version Trump. His chief mutt, a total clown, named Craig Kelly is as bad as any of these GOP Trumpists like Green, Boebert, Cawthorn or Gosar. Go look anywhere in Europe and you find them there as well. Do any of you realise that Steve Bannon went round the world preaching his "Hyper Libertarian Revolution" and that he found supporters EVERYWHERE? Do any of you realise that whenever people like Bolsonaro in Brazil get asked questions they don't like they just howl back "Fake News"? Do any of you realise that the anti-vaxxer, conspiracy, antigovernmental, religious fundamentalists types are teaming up around the world? I'm interested in knowing if you guys realise that Trumpism is no longer an American issue?
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Just a question to you Americans -> Do you realise this isn't just a threat to American democracy its a threat to Western Society? FYI - I'm Australian but went to college in America. I love America and its people and totally hate what Trumpism has done to a fabulous country. However do you know we have similar issues here. We have billionaire named Clive Palmer who has his own party. He's our version Trump. His chief mutt, a total clown, named Craig Kelly is as bad as any of these GOP Trumpists like Green, Boebert, Cawthorn or Gosar. Go look anywhere in Europe and you find them there as well. Do any of you realise that Steve Bannon went round the world preaching his "Hyper Libertarian Revolution" and that he found supporters EVERYWHERE? Do any of you realise that whenever people like Bolsonaro in Brazil get asked questions they don't like they just howl back "Fake News"? Do any of you realise that the anti-vaxxer, conspiracy, antigovernmental, religious fundamentalists types are teaming up around the world? I'm interested in knowing if you guys realise that Trumpism is no longer an American issue?
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@harrycollins3248 Thanks, I've been trying to let Americans know these issues aren't just American. I did a few months work in Canada back in 2017 and if it wasn't for the snow and accents I would not have known I wasn't in Australia. We had a bunch pf people caught up in the Panama Papers. Canada had a bunch caught up in the Paradise papers. We had political scandals and rampant media bias so did Canada. Trump tore up NAFTA and hit Canada with tariffs. Trump then started a trade war with China and threw us under that bus. YET in both Canada and Australia there were people who cheered for Trump as if he was their savior. 🤷🤷🤷
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@maumor2 Go watch this. Its Prof Mark Blyth from Brown giving a talk about populism https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KGuaoARJYU0 In the first few minutes he explains there is NOTHING NEW about what Trump, Bannon and others have done. That talk was in July 2019 and what's changed since is just how far Trump and his pack of clowns have taken it. They really have taken it to another level. Add into that mix the insanity of a club of geriatric billionaires who just wont let go of any of their power or money and we have this recipe for disaster. Fox News was actually the FIRST news service to call Arizona. The staff that did that have been dumped. Trump flipped out and his base flipped out and started leaving Fox for OAN & NewsMax. So Murdoch made a business decision to support Trump's claims that the entire Western World is going to pay for. Here's the 1st of a 2 part special by Australia's ABC about what Murdoch did. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QsBqU1RzV7o
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