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Former Australia Foreign Minister: Trump is the most ill-informed president in US history
Posted on 4/13/17 at 8:03 am
Posted on 4/13/17 at 8:03 am
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Former foreign minister Gareth Evans has launched a scathing attack on Donald Trump, urging Australia to reduce its dependence on the US alliance and accept China as a legitimate "global rule maker".
Mr Evans labelled Mr Trump as "manifestly the most ill-informed, under-prepared, ethically challenged and psychologically ill-equipped president in US history".
The former senior member of the Hawke and Keating Labor governments also called on the government to put "more bucks" into defence spending, potentially including nuclear-powered submarines, to be more self-reliant.
"Less United States does not mean walking away from the alliance, from which we, of course, profoundly benefit in terms of access to intelligence and high-end armaments," Mr Evans, now Australian National University chancellor, said in the speech to the National Press Club on Thursday.
"But less reflexive support for everything the US chooses to do is long overdue."
Mr Evans said Australia's support for the 2003 invasion of Iraq and the immediate backing of last week's American missile strikes against Syria were examples where Australia had been too quick to back the US.
"My own experience strongly suggests that periodically saying 'no' to the US when our national interests are manifestly different makes for a much healthier and [more] productive relationship, [rather] than one of craven dependence," Mr Evans said.
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Posted on 4/13/17 at 8:05 am to Bench McElroy
That's why he is a former foreign minister. No one liked his ideas
Posted on 4/13/17 at 8:06 am to Bench McElroy
how they doing on their UN share?
I say they start there
I say they start there
Posted on 4/13/17 at 8:06 am to Bench McElroy
The cuck is strong with this one. Globalist cuck.
Posted on 4/13/17 at 8:07 am to Bench McElroy
Trump is more ill-informed than Millard Fillmore? Not bloody likely!
Posted on 4/13/17 at 8:07 am to Bench McElroy
Yeah, but his former undersecretary thinks Trump is "a whale of a guy" so it's all good . and that's so weird that an Australian prog would not like Trump. Totally unexpected.
Posted on 4/13/17 at 8:08 am to Bench McElroy
I liked you better when you were a constant Bama bitching machine, DD4Bama. Now you copy and paste shite articles like David Brock is paying you.
Posted on 4/13/17 at 8:08 am to JPinLondon
He is pretty old if he was around for all US presidents.
Posted on 4/13/17 at 8:09 am to BigPerm30
Well it did say he was a university chancellor now so I would expect nothing less
Posted on 4/13/17 at 8:09 am to Bench McElroy
Should anyone care what a FORMER Australian foreign minister thinks?
I sure don't.....
I sure don't.....
Posted on 4/13/17 at 8:11 am to Bench McElroy
cantbe any different the Obama with the lack of political experience when the entered office. At least trump had managerial experience for his business empire.
Posted on 4/13/17 at 8:13 am to Bench McElroy
quote:
ill-informed
quote:Defines being ill-informed
accept China as a legitimate "global rule maker".
Posted on 4/13/17 at 8:13 am to Bench McElroy
Not really what I would call a revelation.
Posted on 4/13/17 at 8:13 am to Bench McElroy
You guys haven't caught on to Bench's shtick yet?
I wonder how the people of Australia feel about bowing to China?
quote:
urging Australia to reduce its dependence on the US alliance and accept China as a legitimate "global rule maker"
I wonder how the people of Australia feel about bowing to China?
Posted on 4/13/17 at 8:13 am to LSURussian
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FORMER
Yep. If he's so valued, to himself, then why is he no longer employed as FM?
Posted on 4/13/17 at 8:17 am to Bench McElroy
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Mr Evans labelled Mr Trump as "manifestly the most ill-informed, under-prepared, ethically challenged and psychologically ill-equipped president in US history".
While I'm no Trump fan (or Obama either), I find statements like this beyond ridiculous. It tells me everything I need to know about that guy.
Posted on 4/13/17 at 8:23 am to Bench McElroy
Australian Labor Party politicians are exact copy Demcucks of America.
Just see how much people loved the Australian version of Hillary Clinton (former Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard):
SANDWICH HIT: Sandwich thrown at FORMER Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard
- Youtube.com
Second sandwich thrown at FORMER Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard - Youtube.com
And btw look at their stellar track record:
Yup, "geniuses" who have spent much of last two decades as oppostion... spend time speaking shite about Trump.
Yup, the BILLIONAIRE who in his first try took on media, political, military, economic, foreign policy establishment and defeated them all...
Just see how much people loved the Australian version of Hillary Clinton (former Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard):
SANDWICH HIT: Sandwich thrown at FORMER Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard
- Youtube.com
Second sandwich thrown at FORMER Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard - Youtube.com
And btw look at their stellar track record:
Yup, "geniuses" who have spent much of last two decades as oppostion... spend time speaking shite about Trump.
Yup, the BILLIONAIRE who in his first try took on media, political, military, economic, foreign policy establishment and defeated them all...
This post was edited on 4/13/17 at 8:30 am
Posted on 4/13/17 at 8:25 am to Bench McElroy
quote:
Former foreign minister Gareth Evans
Who? Never heard of him.
Posted on 4/13/17 at 8:28 am to LSURussian
quote:
Should anyone care what a FORMER Australian foreign minister thinks? I sure don't.....
He's likely descended from criminals anyway.
Posted on 4/13/17 at 8:31 am to someoneBEE
quote:
SANDWICH HIT: Sandwich thrown at FORMER Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard - Youtube.com
You call that a sandwich? That's not a sandwich, this is a sandwich.
quote:
Second sandwich thrown at FORMER Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard - Youtube.com
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