Gazza here. Sitting out the back having a couple of beers around the table with the ‘Trouble and Strife.’ That’s where we usually sit to sort out and resolve the world’s problems!
My wife says: ‘Gazza, why is America turning on everyone, you know like Canada and Mexico and Trump says the EU are very bad to them too?’
I offer up an opinion: ‘Well that’s because the Yanks only do what’s good for them, not anyone else.’
My partner says: ‘Yeah but I thought they’re all allies of America?’
I say: ‘Well I think some of these countries are learning some hard lessons. The Yanks don’t have friends, they use countries for their own benefit. Take a look at the European Union, looks to me like the USA is busting that trade bloc up so they can make more money themselves.’
‘So Gazza, you’re saying yer can’t trust the USA then?’
‘Well look at Germany. The Americans blew up Germany’s natural gas pipeline from Russia (Nord Stream 2) and then sells Germany liquified gas from the USA at three to four times the cost.
‘How do those German companies compete then, Gazza?’
‘Well they can’t compete. I’ve read a lot of companies are pulling out of Germany and setting up in China, and the Yanks are offering tax concessions and sweetheart deals for them to set up in the USA.
‘The Americans don’t care about Germany or Europe. Same as they don’t care about Australia. We sell a lot of aluminium and steel to the Americans and now they want to put a 25% tariff on our metals.
My partner says: ‘Why don’t we tell America the deal is off with the $368 billion for the subs, Gazza?’
‘Well I think it’s because the USA run this show. Albanese was on the news the other night, begging the Americans for an exemption on the tariffs. It was pathetic.
‘And I reckon we can’t trust the Yanks, Zelenskyy will find that out soon enough. The Americans started that Ukraine war, along with the bootlicking Poms and the French, to do over Russia so they could get their hands on Russia’s resources, but they couldn’t pull it off. They’ll probably throw that Zelenskyy guy under the bus.
‘I think we need to run our own show or we will end up under the bus with Zelenskyy, used and spat out. We need Independence. We need to be in control of our own resources, in control of our own destiny. My partner agrees.
We take another swig of beer and think how bloody good would that be.
