HenryL.,

You asked why would any Aussie be interested in the
US.

Well for a start the US-Australian treaty alliance
has been the bedrock of Canberra's defence strategy
for decades. Australia is the only country in the
world to have fought alongside the US in every
major conflict since WWI.

In his 2014 book, "Dangerous Allies," former Australian
PM - Malcolm Fraser argued that while an alliance with
the US may have been beneficial during the Cold War, the
new reality was Australia needed to focus on establishing
greater independence in the Asia-Pacific region. He
argued that Australia needed to end its "strategic
dependence" on the US, because the rise of China and
rebalancing of world power out weighed the benefits.

Fraser warned that as America's southern "linchpin"
Australia would be vulnerable if the US went to war in the
Pacific.

Indy I like you bloke
No true
But will look else ware for comment based on higher intellectual skills
See I hate no one
Hate is hurting the hater, and often points to the hater having a lower than usual understanding
Face it folks Trump scammed you too, yes Hillary was the wrong person to run
But Trump conned enough American red necks to become POTUS
Then started to betray them, tax cuts for high income
Cuts for the poorest
I do not hate him just understand him, a thing some do not.

Trump never scammed me, he's just turned out to be a rather weak leader when he promised otherwise.

I do not hate him just understand him, a thing some do not.
Belly,
Hang on a minute there, aren't you a die-hard Labor voter ?

Belly,
Your posts reveal that you hate Trump.

I do not care if you think he is the worst President the US has had, although it seems Nixon was a crook and Clinton was sexually involved with a staff member, (can't remember her name). But really I am not interested. You express your hatred well. You do not seem to understand that his popularity is only the business of US citizens.

Foxy,
I know we have a defense treaty with the US, it is called the ANZUS treaty but this does not mean that we should be interested in their internal politics which, as I said, appears to be a three ring circus.

I do not see why we should be interested in US politics any more than any other country. Certainly not to the extent that some appear to do. We have far more important issues here that affect our daily lives.

Henry L Individual please for give me
I became rude in my responses to you both
Some thing I have promised not to do
Yes you both confronted me, indy with the short sharp quite bitter, but empty charge
Henry even more so
See you challenged my right to a different opinion, with an untruth
HATE? can you truly think any one who is greatly concerned about the king of the uniformed hillbilly bigots must hate him
Find me some one I hate, any one, I have looked and failed to find any one
But I can, without looking, find you two posters who seem incapable of considered thought other than their own