Why would Australia be importing beef from anywhere?
We produce more then we need and export most of our beef.
Mhazie seems to want rabies, mad cow disease, pink slime and chlorinated meat to be on our tables. No thanks. The seppos can keep their third rate meat and we can and should strengthen our bio security measures before some traitor decides to help the orange fuhrer "level the playing field" by introducing diseases like rabies, foot and mouth or BSE.

There is no evidence of this so called 60, 70, 95, 100 countries begging the trumpsters for concessions. Why would they? Just wait a few days for the screwball to change his tiny little mind. Again.

Everything they say is a lie and a grift to con the stupid, gullible, hateful, petrified maga morons who dont care if the lose everything as long as "chyna" and blacks and gays and women and muslims et al get mistreated and persecuted in the name of "freedum".

mhaze,

Nice try, but spinning criticism as “TDS” whenever the facts don’t align with your narrative isn’t the flex you think it is - It’s obvious deflection.

You framed countries as “begging,” major corporations as “repatriating,” and governments as scrambling to adjust their trade policies. When asked for evidence, it turned into “just reporting the numbers” and “just my opinion.” That’s not an accusation - that’s a description of what happened.

You’re now pretending I demanded instant results when I clearly asked for any supporting data behind your confident claims. You made declarations - not me. Asking you to back them up isn’t unreasonable, it’s basic discussion.

And if you’re going to float hypotheticals like “I bet the Australian government is reconsidering beef imports,” fine - but don’t act shocked when someone assumes you were implying it was already happening. You didn’t frame it as speculation - you presented it in a string of definitive outcomes from Trump’s success. That’s on you, not the reader.

If you're done with substance and just want to toss around snark, that's your call.

But if you want to keep playing the part of the informed contrarian around here, then you'll need to start engaging with what others are actually saying rather than focusing on how you can spin it to save face after your arguments have run dry and you've dug yourself into a hole.

Trumpster,

"US March inflation figures are out....2.4%", Jimmy Charming eat your heart out, Australia's March quarters inflation rate was a staggering 2.4%....When Mini-Me Trump, the Dud Dutton, left office the Noalition had inflation running at a very modest 6.1% with almost a trillion dollars of debt, and noting to show for it. Trumpster you are a classic!

Poor mikk seems to be seeing germs and diseases at every turn. I wonder how the US people survive eating all this diseased meat!! The less said about mikk's paranoia the better.

JD....

"You framed countries as “begging,” major corporations as “repatriating,” and governments as scrambling to adjust their trade policies."

Yes. They are all racing to make accommodation to the US. Israel has already done so. Europe is talking about importing more US LPG to offset the trade deficit. Vietnam is sending a delegation. Japan and Korea also. I'm not sure about the really important countries like Ireland, Portugal and Chile!!

Paul....

"Australia's March quarters inflation rate was a staggering 2.4%"

My comment was referring to the core inflation rate which is why I made the comment after referring to the core inflation rate. Lost you yet? The RBA works off the core rate rather than the headline rate which can be and is manipulated by government to suckering in the gullible....anyone we know? Australia's core rate is determinedly fixed in the mid 3% rate whereas the US is now below 3% which is what our RBA wants to see. Thus the comment about Chalmers being envious.

Trumpster,

We should call you Chubby Checker, the way you are always doing the twist.

"In March 2025, the US Consumer Price Index (CPI) decreased 0.1% on a seasonally adjusted basis, and rose 2.4% over the last 12 months. Core inflation, excluding food and energy, increased 0.1% in March and was up 2.8% over the year."

US does not measure inflation in the same way as Australia, using a seasonally adjusted figure, the March 2025 figure 2.4%. Australia's comparable figure was also 2.4% last December 2024, 3 months ahead of America, as our March quarter has not been released yet. Australia finished 2024 with underlying inflation of 3.2% America had core inflation at the end of 2024 of 3.24%. Trumpster please keep up, your understanding is on a par with that of your folk hero Dangerous Doctor Donald. Is it true you learned everything you know about everything whilst playing in the sand pit at kindy? Sure seems that way.

What you wont say is how your folk hero has put 7 million Americans out of work, and with his wako policies that number will grow by the another 7 million in no time.

mhaze,

This is a familiar pattern: flood the thread with vague country names, imply momentum, and lean on mockery to deflect from the fact that none of it actually substantiates your earlier claims.

Saying “Europe is talking” or “Vietnam is sending a delegation” isn’t the slam dunk you seem to think it is. That’s diplomacy - not desperation. Countries engage, visit, discuss - especially when trade conditions shift. That doesn’t mean they’re “begging,” “racing,” or “scrambling” to appease Trump. It means they’re doing what states normally do: protecting their own interests.

You’re also leaning on a familiar rhetorical trick - stacking up gestures toward credibility (lists of countries, vague references to “talks”) while tossing in mockery (“really important countries like Ireland, Portugal and Chile”) to dismiss the tone and duck the substance.

If you want to argue that this is all vindication for Trump’s chaotic rollout, you’ll need more than implication. Show the actual policy reversals. Show the structural changes. Show anything that ties the current diplomatic motion directly to long-term economic gain.

Because right now, what you’re offering isn’t a geopolitical masterstroke - it’s just pageantry stitched together after the fact to make the disruption look deliberate.

More an art of theatre than a deal, I guess you could say.