AUKUS is not just about submarines, but the maybe-never submarines are wasting money that could be spent on on the here and now. See options above.

One of those options is anti-missile defence. China can already lob missiles on us without leaving home.

Back to submarines. We are entangled - after the French fiasco - in a deal via AUKUS that was bipartisan. Both sides of politics fell for it.

Also on submarines: if we don't need America, can look after ourselves, WTF can we keep only one of our existing submarines serviceable! Assuming it is still serviceable.

If the rumours about Trump thinking of pulling out if AUKUS of it doesn't fit in with 'America First', given the Albanese regime's attitude to America and Trump, I wonder if we will get a refund.

All that money blown in the French fiasco: will it be the same with AUKUS?

The person tasked to investigate AUKUS has already advised, three months ago, that America should not be providing Australia with subs when it can't keep up with its own requirements.

And, Donald Trump has said that he will not defend countries who don't spend enough to protect themselves. And, he didn’t say ‘except for Australia’, whose government is not only not spending enough, but is also criticising Trump himself when they get a chance. Not to mention the current cancellation of a visa for an American Jew whose private tweets - nothing to do with his reason for coming here - don't suit Tony Burke.

Don't censor Americans, Trump has warned. And, Australia has officially criticised Australia for sanctioning two Israeli politicians because of their politics.

The Albanese regime seems determined to see America leaving Australia up sh.t creek on defence.

If we don't do our very best to protect ourselves, we cannot expect help from elsewhere.

"Well, I think Australia should decide on what we spend on Australia’s defence. Simple as that”, Albanese said.

48 hours after that statement came the news that the US might be rethinking AUKUS.

The news this morning has Albanese “rejecting” Trump's call for more defence spending at their face-to-face meeting.

I hope the meeting is televised; it should be good entertainment.

The discussion will be on the “sidelines”. We had better hope that out idiot PM, and our little left-wing country is not sidelined by the US. Australia is certainly not the “Mouse That Roared” - for those old enough to remember the Peter Sellers film.

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My guess is that the parasite Patriots will denounce this !