“We stand with Ukraine,” Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said on Saturday, just hours after the exchange ended and Mr Zelenskiy was told to leave, according to a US official cited by Reuters.

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    Trump and Vance don’t seem to think they need allies.

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    Its like they fundamentally don’t understand why or how the US has maintained a long, durable global hegemony.

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    I wish I could say the Australian people stand with Ukraine but I keep meeting absolute fuck heads about.

    Yesterday a bloke wearing a MAGA hat. What a wanker

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      I think Dutton admires some MAGA politics and ideals and perhaps even Trump but we don’t have a presidential system and he has to retain the confidence of his party and parliament.

      If the libs, foolishly, fell in with Putin they are going to face a shit ton of criticism from people with influence in conservative politics like Tony Abbott. Even with many moderates having left the party you would think a number would cross the floor to opposed us becoming another Putin puppet state.

      I would prefer if we didn’t take the risk and kept with the stability of the ALP for another term but it seems like that isn’t likely.

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      I mean, the wrong way like he always does?

      I don’t live in Australia anymore, but every time I check into the ABC lately it’s looking more and more embarrassing. This is the first time in a while Albo seemed to actually do something that showed some backbone, even though it was a token show of support.