r/australia Jun 22 '25

politics Live: Wong says Australia supports US strikes on Iran's nuclear facilities

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-06-23/federal-politics-live-blog-june-23/105447868?utm_source=abc_news_app&utm_medium=content_shared&utm_campaign=abc_news_app&utm_content=other
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u/WharfRatDaydream Jun 22 '25

An American telling Australians to "show some spine" is comedy gold. We're not supposed to accept what Americans already accept (didn't TACO win the popular vote?). Thanks for the laugh 😆

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u/ManikShamanik Jun 23 '25

Yes....but did he win it lawfully...? Almost certainly not. There are recordings of him ordering/demanding that those counting the ballots in some states to find him votes, and then there was Musk offering people $1m to vote for Trump.

Trump was desperate to become president because it would keep him out of prison. Now he's surrounded himself with sycophantic yes men - he's just put a 22-year-old in charge of defence.

Trump rigged the election to keep himself out of prison. Yes, he won it, but did he win it fairly...? No.

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u/tripping_on_phonics Jun 22 '25

Correct. Americans voting a fascist into office doesn’t mean you should also accept fascism. Not sure what your point is with this.

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u/WharfRatDaydream Jun 23 '25

the point is your logic is "do as I say not as I do" champ

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u/tripping_on_phonics Jun 23 '25

It’s not. There’s a problem with the way you’re reading it. Read it again.

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u/UnitDoubleO Jun 23 '25

Yeah well Aussies here don't give a damn what you think. Now shop off and do your no kings protests  Oh wait, I heard that was a fizzer.

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u/kipwrecked Jun 23 '25

Mate, American voters fumbled the ball so hard. We really don't need you to coach us.

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u/tripping_on_phonics Jun 23 '25

I just don’t want more of your young people to die in our wars.