Once upon a time, Albanese said he was sh.t scared of Donald Trump. His coming face-to-face with Trump should be interesting. It might be best if Albanese sits in the lavatory, and Trump talks to him through the dunny door. Trump might treat him the same way he treated Ramaphosa and Zelensky.

No matter who is President of the US, the US is essentially Australia's defence policy, thanks to Albanese, who ignores all advice on the crucial matter of Australia's defence, even advice from Australians.

Albanese is , “Shrugging off that request (to increase defence spending ) in a public show of self-defeating stupidity is a serious miscalculation”. He is painting Australia as a bludger. His petulant ‘we will decide our defence budget’ could well see Trump telling him and his silly little country to piss off. After all, Albanese is one of those who thinks Trump is erratic and likely to do anything.

And it's Xi Jinping who Albanese should be sh.t scared of.

Those people not rusted onto the rusty MSM for their information will know that Defence Minister Marles broadly agreed with Pete Hegseth, US defence secretary, ex-marine, military officer, and National Guard officer.

But, when the poor man got back from Singapore, Albanese crapped all over him. He treated Marles with contempt; he treated the US with contempt, and we all know he treats us with contempt.

Marles tries to get more money for defence, but Albanese apparently doesn't think that he and his portfolio are all that important.

Albanese is putting our alliance with the US at risk. President Trump has been called all sorts of things - patient isn’t one of them.

ASPI's Director, Peter Jennings, has labelled as “bizarre” Albanese's reaction to the organisation's defence report, when Australia is “facing a crisis” that is recognised by almost everyone who looks at defence. Even those who don't like the American alliance agree that we need to be spending more on defence.

Jennings reminded us that Communist China has “demanded” that think tanks like ASPI be closed down!

The Albanese government has made virtually minimal changes to the 2016 Defence White Paper. 9 years ago! We are still riding on the “coattails” of the US.

Xi Jinping, now 72 years of age, is not going to wait much longer to invade Taiwan. 2027 seems to be his target.

Shadow Minister Angus Taylor is saying nothing.

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Good !

Indyvidual,

'Good' how? Don't you think the Opposition should be doing it's job? It has a lot of catching up to do, but the silence is proving the accusations that they are just Labor-lite?