Comment on Tariffs on 'incredibly important' ally Australia branded 'insulting' in fiery US Senate hearing

notgold@aussie.zone ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

• TheCriticalMember@aussie.zone ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

  Or just take it? We could call it Australia’s Greenland.

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  • PetulantBandicoot@aussie.zone ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

    Might as well take it. Trump probably doesn’t even know what Pine Gap is. FFS, he didn’t even know what AUKUS was!

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    • Salvo@aussie.zone ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

      There was a political parody comedy radio series in the 80s called “How Green was my Cactus”.

      I remember a negotiation between “King Bonza” (Bob Hawke) and a simulacrum of Reagan discussing letting Australia win the Americas Cup yacht race.

      KB “Let us win or we’ll force you to tell us what’s at Pine Gap”. R “you will need to force us to tell you where it is first” KB “Then we will send Don Lane home” R “no! Anything but that! OK, you win”

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