Comments by "annoyed aussie" (@annoyedaussie3942) on "MeidasTouch" channel.

  1. You might be right but those who didn't vote have no right to complain because they were ok with Trump getting in.
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  2. Well I'm in the Southern Hemisphere and he hasn't noticed any countries in half of the world. We are safe for now.
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  3. To blame anyone or anything prior to the end of the investigation is inappropriate.
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  4. He can't live that long , however maybe Donald Trump Jr will be the successor to the throne.
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  5. The Jordanians are being ultra diplomatic. I am sure their true thoughts are rather different.
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  6. Not just accross the country, virtually accross the world , the protests are by boycotting, no need to go to dealerships, just don't buy them.
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  7. It's great he has been deposed. The problem is those who remove dictators often become dictators themselves rather than changing to democracy. I hope it can become a democracy.
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  8. I hope your daughter and friends enjoy my country Australia.
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  9. The US being quite rich has some nuances. The bottom 90% of the population aren't particularly rich on a world standard and the US government has debt 120%+ of GDP. So basically the country is somewhat poor and 90% of individuals while not being poor on a world standard aren't rich either. The top 10% of Americans are really rich.
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  10. Actually they would be under the condition the country was united about the problem and how to fix it. This is extremely common in war time. The problem is that Americans, Canadians and Mexicans aren't going to have a little pain it'll be a lot of pain possibly destroying entire industries and the US is far from united.
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  11. The CPTPP was timed fairly well even if by accident. Canada and Mexico both being part of the new trade agreement will have some markets opening up. It'll be fairly funny when Mexican goods are cheaper in Australia than in Texas.
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  12. There's more history than that, the Philippines was a US colony. The way Trump talks he might consider retaking it but he sort of seems anti Asian so maybe not.
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  13. It wasn't actually him but one of his papers. Almost every economist has said Trump's tariff plans are crazy. Could hardly have a financial newspaper saying the opposite.
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  14. It's an exaggerated claim based on net migration directions by most countries. Interestingly there is a country that has net migration towards it in every case and that's Australia, there's more US immigrants here than Australian immigrants there.
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  15. I just looked up recent polling in Australia and the Coalition (Liberal and National Party) our conservative side of politics for US people are actually losing ground to the Labor Party our major Left Wing party. Unless Dutton the opposition leader denounces President Trump this might continue causing Labor to win even though for the last year or so it was mostly looking like Labor had no chance. I am a swing voter but tend towards conservative the Australian version of that which isn't like the US version, I am thinking I will vote minor Parties first then Greens, Labor and coalition last in our preferential also called rank choice voting system.
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  16. Actually he did , the US government deficits are a problem, however Donald is making it worse. Tanking the economy will lead to an even larger government deficit.
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  17. Australian here, I agree with you but only up to a point. Building infrastructure as an example is done better by private companies so long as the tendering process is robust. With healthcare pointing out approximately 50% of costs come from the private sector in all cases, it makes sense for it to be run by government employees. The US actually does the opposite and subsidises big pharma by paying above free market rates for an unknown reason. So it's not black and white and the biggest issue in the US is dysfunctional government.
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  18. ​@michaelreid2329 Trump got about 32% of eligible voters, non voters was about 34%. So Trump got about 2 thirds support because non voters were OK with him becoming president.
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  19. To have any meaningful guard rails in place you need constitutional changes, a good starting point is to make the head of state and head of government different people, don't give one person absolute power.
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  20. Based on your other comments I can see you are hard-core MAGA.
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  21. Not him alone, he has full support in congress from Republicans. They could stop this at any time.
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  22. I would suggest sending an old fashioned paper letter. You are more likely to get a response. Not a guarantee of course but just more likely.
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  23. It'll be much quicker than that if he keeps his tariff promises.
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  24. As an Aussie just waiting for the day he notices our land area and threatens to invade.
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  25. He's still got approval in 40s , they still don't see it.
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  26. If I was American I would actually be scared about what's going to happen. If Trump can assemble enough loyalists martial law is going to happen, it probably won't be the whole country but somewhere.
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  27. It's not about disrespect, most but not all world leaders can put up with that, the moment Trump likely carries through with his tariff plans there will be a very big response from all 3 countries currently targeted.
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  28. They can't say too much if currently in power, ex leaders and minor opposition parties can.
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  29. Yeah should be Grandad.
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  30. I think his citizenships might be Canada and US. Apparently he wanted to set up a battery factory in South Africa and due to South Africa's investment rules require 30% local ownership which annoyed Musk. This is why I don't think he has South African citizenship.
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  31. I am wondering what the other 4 eyes are thinking, can we trust the US any more on non urgent issues?
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  32. If Canada can divert a significant amount of oil elsewhere it should regardless if a tariff is on it if tariffs are on everything else. Retaliation can also involve cutting supplies.
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  33. But it might be an illegal immigrant.
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  34. His qualifications aren't an issue, he can read English which is all that is required. He isn't going to be personally involved in anything, just read reports. It's a purely administrative position. Having said that Hegseth is unsuitable because of his radical ideology.
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  35. There's actually a lot of Australians that like Trump. It's our system of government that protects us from having an extreme radical leading our government.
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  36. In Australia we generally use the term import duty. Tariffs is just a synonym.
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  37. Fiscal responsibility for his own corporations.
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  38. Nobody other than a few fringe people outside of the US respect the US. However we all fear Trump and his plans to tank economies around the world and fear the US ignoring alliances making way for expansionist China and Russia, noting the US has become expansionist too at least in rhetoric.
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  39. I am thinking of doing the same, hard boycott on US products as much as possible and a soft boycott on US companies operating in Australia, however it's actually really hard to boycott US companies especially with processed food like canned soup or stew and canned vegetables and frozen meals all dominated by US companies operating in Australia and New Zealand.
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  40. Denmark doesn't exploit Greenland, they actually subsidise it and Greenland self governs and receives all the revenue from natural resources. If that revenue increases to a certain level then Denmark will no longer send subsidies. So while what you say might well be correct historically it isn't now in my opinion.
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  41. Not being from Canada or US I would point out there's some nuances. Canadians have no choice but to fight you and hurt you economically. You mightn't be personally responsible but you can't expect them to just be nice, they need to fight you back.
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  42. A sovereign wealth fund isn't always a bad concept for development reasons as an example like building fast rail lines then selling off the asset eventually. A sovereign wealth fund run by a partisan president is just crazy.
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  43. @terriemcgarrity-sr9kg  I think they probably are but very quietly. The 2 countries I suspect of having daily diplomatic meetings would be Canada and Mexico and to some extent China because those 3 countries the first in the firing line. Even outside of governments companies will be looking for friendly trading partners who they know they can trust and won't put excessive tariffs.
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  44. Looking from afar , I don't think you should be too hopeful this time around, as an example he will likely start the trade wars against everyone and he will double down, not back down.
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  45. @murraytorney2222  It's not so much about cost, because processed food is usually dearer exception being some frozen vegetables, more about laziness sometimes and preferring a can of soup for example that I only need to heat.
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  46. If it's a farm that exports it won't matter because customers will look elsewhere.
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  47. Reagan would be too, don't have to go back that far. Reagan started the movement towards free trade, the exact opposite thing that Trump stands for.
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  48. I am curious how they have been ranked. My guess is it's certain metrics and the overall health system including private hospitals. Thailand which I have some knowledge of has a 3 tiered healthcare system, best care and world standard is private hospitals for the rich, second tier is public hospitals when servicing government workers and families of government workers who get preference over the third tier people who get the public hospital system but behind the government employees and families. Not sure the current rate but I know previously 50% of public hospital expenditure was going to government employees and families demonstrating their preferential treatment.
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  49. I'm Australian and this time we are getting hit too. Not sure of our response yet, we sell about $800 million USD in aluminium and and steel. So not a great deal but could mean job losses. It's the principle of the matter for us whereas for Canada and Mexico It's going to tank your economies along with the US. China has hit back already with 25% tariffs on US made cars which they apparently used to buy $3 billion worth, that will essentially go to 0 I would expect. Australia has a couple of responses it could take, one being floated is to stop giving $2 billion per year to help build US submarines in hopes we get some in the future however there's actually no guarantee of that. I reckon we would also be looking at what Canada and Mexico do. We could tariff certain products like US whiskey following Canada's approach, this will hurt those industries even more. The biggest thing is the US is no different to China now, annoy the dear leader and your country will be punished. At least China ended all it's sanctions against Australia last year. Now we got to contend with the US behaving like China did before.
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  50. Every country in the world will call it Gulf of Mexico. It'll be interesting how everyone will react if Google maps changes it as they have said they will.
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