Trump For President.

Dear Is Mise,

You wrote;

“Trump for president.”

I'm sorry mate but we are neither part of the USA nor do we have an official position of president in this country.

You are obviously very enamoured with the man as you are with guns. Might I respectfully submit the easiest way for you to enjoy Trump as your president and to indulge in you fetish would be to move to the US and take up citizenry there.

Dear Mr Opinion,

I am not that bothered with the trade tensions between China and the Trump administration. Both sides see themselves trying to do what is best for their respective countries. There are many countries like Australia, Singapore and South Korea which have positive trade balances with China. Even Germany is pretty well on par.

China is reacting to the tariffs by devaluing the yuan supporting its local industries.

The US interfered with the markets when it banned the export of energy while ago. In doing so controlled the price and allowed a competitive advantage for its manufacturers.

What is quite a delight is seeing all the free marketeers applauding Trump for tariff protection.

Dear ttbn,

It's definitely ScuMo. I wouldn't have it any other way.

ScuMo bought the election, offering $1000 extra tax refund if people switched from Labor to LNP.

Also, someone bankrolled Clive Palmer to run in order to retrieve LNP votes that were headed to Labor. Guess who!

SteeleRedux,

The US-China situation is very similar to what was happening between the US and Japan prior to the Pacific War (WW2): a conflict over competing interests in trade and imperialism in Asia and the Pacific. A war was looming and Japan struck the first blow to give it a military advantage over the US.

I see the same thing happening between the US and China although I don't think China will strike a direct blow at the US. I'm guessing it will make a sudden attack on Australia followed by immediate and enormous build up of troops to SE Asia and the South Pacific.

As far as Australia is concerned the enemy is already inside the gates and I doubt that the US will rush to its aid after it indicated that it would not allow the US to deploy missiles along its northern borders.

This presidency is well on the way to becoming the greatest since Reagan and if it continues it may even eclipse him.

The economy is going gang-busters despite all the 'experts' telling us in 2016 that the reverse would happen.

Manufacturing is returning despite the Obamessiah saying it couldn't be done.

ISIS is kaput in record time even though all the 'experts' said it would take years.

Remember being told that Trump was a foreign policy amateur and might precipitate WW3? Well never mind. Indeed he might become the first president in living memory to not invade another country. Iran is cowed. We are closer to peace in Korea than we have been for 70 years. China is jittery and now hoping that they can overthrow Trump and get back to the compliant Democrat leadership. The trade war is going bad for them and the people are restive. Their economy shows signs of unravelling.

Russian aggression is checked. Ukraine safer than it has been for a decade.

I could go on with all the MAGA good news but I've probably already given enough people heart palpitations for today.

The problem for many people is that they continue to put their faith in the 'experts' - the same people who've been getting everything from foreign policy to the economy wrong for a generation and who've been sidelined by Trump and his juggernaut are unhappy, want their power back and mislead in that aim.

Any talk about Trump highlights the entrenched swamps of the public service bureaucrats. They obviously see their very bandwagons' wheels' getting wobblier by the day !
Like Trump, hate him, it doesn't really matter because it's about the swamps, not him !