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[Kikapu]

It will be Christmas soon, so let’s look at Trump then and now.

[Paphitis]

Looks like China has had enough of Australia… Paphitis

https://www.liveleak.com/view?t=snP24_1608156798

Get real, Australia has had enough of Chy-na.

Here are some facts:

Australian coal exports to Chy-na are $4 billion.
Australian IRON Ore exports to Chy-na are $95 billion.

The pussies are targeting coal. They are too chicken shit to target Iron Ore because they would explode their economy.



Plus, we don’t need them.

Our resources are in enough demand.

Poor Chy-nese are making fools of themselves are screwing themselves over because we won’t be the losers. Already other countries are thinking twice about Chy-na.

[miltiades]

There is only one making a bloody fool of one's self and is none other that Pa-fides !!
What a Plonker. Trump 2020
Four more years

[Kikapu]

The Week
Trump has reportedly been convinced he actually won, tells advisers he may not vacate the White House
Peter Weber
Thu, December 17, 2020, 6:19 AM GMT+1

President Trump was privately coming to terms with his loss to President-elect Joe Biden, but he "has now reversed and dug in deeper — not only spreading misinformation about the election, but ingesting it himself," CNN reports, "egged on by advisers like Rudy Giuliani and Jenna Ellis who are misleading Trump about the extent of voting irregularities and the prospects of a reversal." One adviser told CNN, "He's been fed so much misinformation that I think he actually thinks this thing was stolen from him."

Even the Electoral College formalizing Biden's win "did not appear enough to shake Trump from his delusions of victory," CNN says, "but it is adding urgency to a push by several of his advisers to gently steer Trump toward reality." Discussions of Trump's post-presidency future tend to go nowhere because Trump "all but shuts down," CNN reports. "In his moments of deepest denial, Trump has told some advisers that he will refuse to leave the White House on Inauguration Day, only to be walked down from that ledge. The possibility has alarmed some aides, but few believe Trump will actually follow through."

"To be perfectly clear about this, Trump 100 percent will leave the White House on Inauguration Day, if not well before," Jonathan Chait writes at New York. "Even the scholars who expressed the deepest fears of Trump's intentions to undermine the system did not put credence in the possibility he could defy the outcome by simply refusing to leave. Squatting is not one of the tools in his authoritarian tool kit." But the fact that Trump thinks that's even a viable option suggests he's "engaged in more than a scheme to grift his supporters," Chait says. He's "drinking his own poisoned Kool-Aid."

If Trump does have to be forcibly removed from the White House, you can credit Bill Maher with the prediction.

https://www.yahoo.com/news/trump-report ... 47795.html

[Paphitis]

There is only one making a bloody fool of one's self and is none other that Pa-fides !!
What a Plonker. Trump 2020
Four more years

The fool is none other than you.

I hope you are alive to see Trumpism take over the USA even if it isn’t Trump himself as it could well be Tucker. You won’t know what hit you old fart.

There are a few countries that are forming their own little pact as we speak and they don’t sing to the globalist chorus. It’s called CANZUK and once Camela is gone, the US will enter the fold and stick it up your clackers because the Anglosphere, as they go to the Green Summit and won’t be dictated to.

Camela isn’t singing the chorus just yet as she is too busy laying on her back.

We put outr countries first old man.

You don’t even have a country or Government that represents you.

[Paphitis]

If an election were help today, Trump would get 85 million votes.

[DT.]

There you go Paphitis. You guys outdid yourselves

https://www.ft.com/content/843c9286-b13 ... fd87f57e0c

Australia’s ‘amateurish’ China diplomacy sets business on edge Opposition politicians and analysts warn Canberra’s approach is hurting the economy The Chinese embassy in Canberra. Australia’s opposition has accused prime minister Scott Morrison of ‘focusing on splashy headlines’ that have damaged relations with Beijing
This week marks the fifth anniversary of the China-Australia free trade deal, a diplomatic triumph that has boosted trade by A$100bn a year. But no one is celebrating in Canberra amid a breakdown in bilateral relations, which has sparked a rare debate about Australian diplomacy. Foreign policy is characterised by bipartisan agreement between Labor and the conservative government, which has held power since 2013. But Prime Minister Scott Morrison’s furious reaction to a tweet by a Chinese diplomat and Beijing’s imposition of trade sanctions on Australian products have caused disquiet about the handling of China relations. “I think the government really does need to stop focusing on splashy headlines and work out what is it doing, how is it helping our exporters, how is it helping those who are so dependent, and have become more dependent on China for Australian jobs,” Penny Wong, Labor spokesman on foreign affairs, told Australian television last week. “In diplomacy you always have to think about how you calibrate your response.” Ms Wong’s criticism was directed at Mr Morrison’s decision to respond directly to a mid-level Chinese diplomat’s “repugnant” social media post, which depicted an Australian soldier holding a knife to the throat of an Afghan child. Our actions are wrongly seen and interpreted by some only through the lens of the strategic competition between China and the United States Scott Morrison, Australia’s prime minister The government has dismissed Labor’s criticism, noting that the opposition party has backed all its main policies, including excluding Huawei from 5G networks, combating foreign interference and calling for an international inquiry into the origins of Covid-19 in Wuhan. “They [Labor] are in lockstep with the government,” said Dave Sharma, an MP for the ruling Liberal party and former diplomat. “The same party which always urges Australia to be a ‘creative middle power’ seems to have a problem when Australia articulates its viewpoint on the world stage. You cannot have it both ways.” Nevertheless, some commentators and businesses fear Canberra is quietly departing from its long-held position that it does not have to choose between China, its largest trade partner, and the US, its strategic ally. “Australian foreign policy with respect to China has been weaponised, and it’s largely because I feel the security, intelligence and defence establishment has taken over the management on Australia’s foreign policy over the past six years,” said Geoff Raby, a former Australian ambassador to China, who runs a consultancy and is a board member of Yancoal, which is majority owned by a state-backed Chinese company. Trumpeting policy shifts directed towards China, such as banning Huawei from 5G or tough foreign interference laws, had needlessly irritated Beijing, said Mr Raby. Seething diplomatic and trade tensions have also alarmed Australian businesses, which have publicly urged Canberra to pursue a reset with Beijing. In private, an executive at a multibillion-dollar company with Chinese partners told the Financial Times that the government’s diplomatic strategy had been “amateurish”. James Robson, owner of Ross Hill Wines in Orange, New South Wales, warned Beijing’s imposition of tariffs on Australian wine was terrible news for the industry and questioned the government's diplomatic strategy. “We don’t understand why the Federal government picked a fight with our biggest customer,” he told Australia’s national broadcaster ABC. Prime Minister Scott Morrison, whose diplomatic push back against China, Australia’s largest trading partner, has come under fire © Getty Images The deterioration in Sino-Australian relations has been swift and painful. Back in 2014, China’s president Xi Jinping was accorded the rare honour of addressing Australia’s parliament. His speech lauded the “oceans of goodwill” between the nations and laid the groundwork for a trade deal, which boosted two way trade to a record A$252bn ($191bn) last year. But in the past six months, Beijing has slapped tariffs on barley and wine and is disrupting imports of many other Australian goods. Chinese ministers refuse to return calls from their Australian counterparts and its diplomats are deploying confrontational “wolf warrior” tactics, such as leaking a 14-point memo to media blaming Canberra for the breakdown. Mr Morrison declared last month that Canberra did not want to be forced into a “binary choice” between superpowers. “Our actions are wrongly seen and interpreted by some only through the lens of the strategic competition between China and the United States,” Mr Morrison said. “It’s as if Australia does not have its own unique interests or views as an independent sovereign state.” There is no doubt, said analysts, that managing China relations has become more challenging as Beijing asserts its national interests and the US pushes back. Beijing’s territorial land grabs in the South China Sea, its crackdown in Hong Kong and human rights abuses in Xinjiang have alarmed diplomats, they said. Recommended Chinese politics & policy The provocateur driving China’s ‘wolf warrior’ pack Many China scholars support Canberra’s forthright approach in defending its values, including demanding an apology from Beijing over the tweet, which followed Canberra’s publication last month of a critical war crimes report. Labor also condemned the post, although it has urged the government to respond strategically, rather than “be emotional”. James Curran, professor of history at University of Sydney, said the failing in Canberra’s diplomacy towards Beijing has not been the substance of its policy but rather the presentation. In particular, the decision to call for a Covid-19 inquiry was a mis-step, owing to the lack of consultation with China and other nations. Mr Curran said Canberra’s naivety had left it exposed to economic coercion from Beijing, which has used Australia as a warning to other nations of the risk of getting too close to the US. Other countries, such as New Zealand, have been more successful by speaking out in concert with allies against Beijing, for example regarding political repression in Hong Kong, without suffering a backlash, he said. “Some Australian analysts have not hesitated to state that not only is Australia at the vanguard of ‘pushing back’ against China,” said Mr Curran. “But will America come to Australia’s aid in terms of our export markets that have been affected? No.” 2014 President Xi Jinping delivers speech in Australian parliament noting the “vast oceans of goodwill between China and Australia” 2015 China-Australia trade deal signed, boosting trade by A$100bn within five years 2016 Australian senator pinpointed in foreign interference controversy involving a Chinese billionaire with alleged ties to Chinese Communist party 2017 Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull declares in Mandarin the Australian people will “stand up” against foreign interference and pledges tough new laws 2018 Australia becomes the first western power to ban Huawei and ZTE from its 5G networks APRIL 2020 Canberra calls for inquiry into the origins of the Covid-19 outbreak in Wuhan NOVEMBER 2020 Beijing imposes trade sanctions on Australian products. Chinese diplomat rebuked by Canberra for Twitter post depicting a soldier committing war crimes DECEMBER 2020 Australia says it will ask the WTO to investigate punitive Chinese tariffs on barley imports

[miltiades]

More bulshit from General we we, Brexeteer, multimillionaire The voice of ....America who knows fuck all about anything apart from the fact that all of his debts are ....tax deductible Just accept it General, you got the Syrian issue wrong the US 2016 and 2020 results WRONG.
Did you Say you fly planes ?

[Paphitis]

There you go Paphitis. You guys outdid yourselves

https://www.ft.com/content/843c9286-b13 ... fd87f57e0c

Actually DT, this is what the people want.

They elected Scott because the people don’t want Chy-nese investment in Australia.

And as for our economy. It grew 3.3% in the last quarter. 140,000 new jobs in October and 80,000 new jobs in November.

So business will get over it I’m sure.

Construction has never been busier either. Every good contractor I know, and I know many are fully booked well into the new year. The chances of a lay person getting some quality people is Buckleys.

If elections were held today, Scott will win in a landslide. People are boycotting Chy-nese products here. The Australian people would rather starve than sell their souls.

You saw the recalcitrance with BREXIT. You see it in Australia and the US. We don’t buckle and we don’t need Chy-na.

For instance, you point out an article saying the Australian economy will go down due to the coal embargo but our PM laughed it off today saying that if the Chy-ness are to be taken seriously, they will cease importing Australian Natural Gas and Iron Ore. Coal is only a pittance compared to Iron Ore.

[DT.]

There you go Paphitis. You guys outdid yourselves

https://www.ft.com/content/843c9286-b13 ... fd87f57e0c

Actually DT, this is what the people want.

They elected Scott because the people don’t want Chy-nese investment in Australia.

And as for our economy. It grew 3.3% in the last quarter. 140,000 new jobs in October and 80,000 new jobs in November.

So business will get over it I’m sure.

Construction has never been busier either. Every good contractor I know, and I know many are fully booked well into the new year. The chances of a lay person getting some quality people is Buckleys.

It grew 3.3% cause it fell 3.8% the 3 quarters before