• Gigan@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    No they don’t, they’re idiots. Severing a valuable longstanding alliance because you don’t like their current leader, who will be in power for at most, another 4 years is an incredibly short-sighted decision.

    Cut off the nose to spite the face energy.

    • 🔍🦘🛎@lemmy.world
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      1 year ago

      I mean, what would “dumping our alliance” even look like? Cut off trade? Deny travel? I get the sentiment but this is just stupid, not to mention Australia’s own right wing woes.

      • HikingVet@lemmy.sdf.org
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        1 year ago

        They could stop military cooperation, they could severely limit trade, they could begin to require Americans to have visas for entry.

        Don’t forget this is a poll not a diplomatic statement from the Aussie gov. If it was they would have outlined what would be expected.

        Though one would expect Australia to be a little more tactful when it come to foreign policy announcements or opinions on an ally’s head of state or elections for the position.