Australien sollte ein Bündnis mit den „äußerst unberechenbaren“ USA überdenken, sagen ehemalige Außenminister
https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2026/jan/12/australia-should-reconsider-alliance-with-fiercely-unpredictable-us-former-foreign-ministers-say
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Trump is getting what he thinks he wants, not what will help the US. It will make the US more exposed to attack, say, from Russia who wants Alaska back.
I mean anyone who says the US is unpredictable and unreliable isnt exactly a madman.
One of Project 2025’s goal was to isolate the US from the rest of the world.
It’s working incredibly well – because MAGA embraced culty fascism and denial.
So MAGA either doesn’t believe it’s happening, or are whole-heartedly embracing it.
Is there any country on earth who has the same capabilities as the US? No. If you want to get enslaved by China or Russia because Trump’s rhetoric upsets you then you’re the bigger fool
The recent american action as we all witnessed is basically new age imperialism hiding behind the narrative of National security.
Canada , Greenland , Venezuela Trump is justifying every action in the name of National security. .
Who knows one day Trump wakes up and says , that they have to take control of Australia or they might lose it to China .
The way it’s going in Europe, Trump would definitely intervene in Australian politics and determine which party will lead Australia.
>former foreign Ministers
It’s not hard to find someone who will make a headline. For any issue in the US you could call Sanders, murkowski, Graham, Warren, AOC, Paul and get one of them to agree with the article you’re writing.
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I’ll say this, Trump is keeping everyone on their toes.
To be blunt, which is typically best when it comes to foreign policy discussions: They can’t. China has built itself up as a naval power and seeks to dominate the region. Australia doesn’t have the economy, manpower, or industrial capacity to defend itself alone from attack, nor protect its shipping lanes. The only potential replacement allies are Japan which is moving for closer defense relations with the US and Europe which is on the other side of the world and lacks the naval capacity to project power that far out against a peer adversary(there are only 3 Euro navies that could defeat a single American carrier group, it’s an area they’ve neglected significantly) Although options might get more flexible in the coming decades, i.e. euro military buildup, rise of India, etc.
The entire world should turn its back on us.
Australia seemed to be going the route of Trump appeasement since day one, or the announcement of the first round of tariffs specifically, so I doubt they’re going to stray from that
This is why no previous US president has behaved like Trump. None of them thought that acting like the world’s biggest bully and someone no one can rely on and everyone should fear was a good way to advance America’s interests. The damage Trump could cause by 2029 may be irreparable.
Australian here, and I have always felt that as we are part of Australasia, that we should align more with Asia, including China, who are basically our largest trading partner anyway. The only thing stopping us is bigotry and ignorance among the Australian people.
Well we’re on the brink of civil war so, that’s understandable.
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I mean it depends what your alternatives are. Australia is a small country compared to the superpowers. It might make sense to distance yourself but you need to work with someone because alone you will be dominated.
The game isn’t fair
The US should withdraw their all troop from Australia
Probably don’t burn the bridge before you get ahold of them nuclear subs.
Australia should move to closer alliance with Canada, UK and the EU
The U.S. doesn’t want isolation, they want domination.
The U.S. needs rare earths. If Australia cuts off the U.S. shit will get real interesting real fast.
Seems like decades of constant fear mongering has taken a toll on USA.
Is there anyone left in the world who Trump has not pissed off?
Yes. Get out of AUKUS and close Pine Gap.
As should everyone
Fiercely unpredictable, and profoundly ignorant.
In retrospect it’s pretty bad news AUS dropped out of the nuclear submarine deal with France and instead went with the US. Seems like they’re going to need those subs pretty badly if things keep going the way they seem to be going. At the time I thought it wasn’t a bad decision, as it occurred under a different administration when many had a last glimmer of hope for the US. That’s gone now.
5 eyes is blind
As an Australian, if the USA attacks Greenland i would want the multiple US military bases to be removed of Australia. An alliance with the current US government isn’t worth the paper its written on and can no longer be trusted to be allowed to operate in our nation. Knowing our gutless leadership they will probably do nothing tho.
The US is still predictable.
You can predict that we’ll do the absolute dumbest thing possible as long as MAGA is in charge.
We are largely dependent on them for our defence and wholly dependent on them for the technology that keeps our economy running. I have seen no serious discussion on us even starting the process of reducing our dependence on the US. But the old assumption that they could be the foundation for everything needs to be reassessed.
Lmao good. USA is so dumb
This is the ONLY logical and reasonable conclusion.
I wanna know who thought the US was a great nation in the late 1800s/early 1900s and thought to themselves “yeah, I want some of that again!”
Nuclear ICBMs for Australia – mad has kept the (general) peace for over 70 years. Time to grow up a little – expensive but cheap compared to an invasion.
Also the law should be that any federal politician should be born second generation in this country to reduce the prospect of foreign interference – not a racist stance – a logical point.
Sure China would love to partner with you!
It might be time to be checking any incoming Americans phone for MAGA content and treating it as terrorist material. No MAGA allowed in.
As an American I agree until the assholes that be see what he costs us, they won’t do anything. We could have had Kamala.
Australia should’ve stuck with the French. They are reliable.
So sad. A great ally lost. A country who bled alongside us for so many conflicts pushed away by an ignorant electorate’s buffoon.
Australian here, Trump and MAGA, the new Nazi party of the 20s, doing the exact same thing 100 years later, can go fuck off.
We made our beds with the Americans post-WWII, and unless we rebuild massive amounts of defence infrastructure we’re going to be stuck in that bed until the next war. It’s a shame nobody wants to stay in bed with a rapist though.