What a POS Trump is.
Nothing more than a petulant bully.
FFS.
I didn't like Trump's handling of the Ukraine matter.
I look at history. When dealing with belligerents like Putin, it's similar to Germany in 1918 after WW2 - seventeen years later in 1935 the monster comes back to war with you.
Trump can't see beyond Putin not again attacking Ukraine within Trump's last 4 year term. Trump is not thinking of Russia's dominance in the next 10-20 years.
Also, what Trump proved is that there is zero chance that the U.S. will come to the aid of Taiwan [or Australia].
And in the even China were to get into a shooting war with Australia, the U.S. cavalry are not coming to our aid.
Me thinks that a small, middle military power like Australia - the only way we can remain sovereign over a hundred years is to have a nuclear arsenal with nuclear submarines. THE BIG LESSON from this whole episode is that Ukraine, back in 1996, Ukraine gave up its nuclear arsenal in exchange for Bill Clinton's promise to protect them. Twenty seven years later, Russia attacked them. What does Trump think is going to happen in 27 years time after he is long gone? I'll probably still be around to see how all this plays out.
Hey, if India and Pakistan can have nuclear weapons, the only thing standing in the way of Australia getting nuclear weapon are Greenies and Far Lefties.
"Ukraine gave up its nuclear weapons in a process that culminated in 1996, but the key agreements were made in 1994. The Trilateral Statement, signed on January 14, 1994, by Ukraine, Russia, and the United States, outlined the terms under which Ukraine would transfer its nuclear warheads to Russia for elimination. In return, Ukraine received security assurances from the United States, Russia, and Britain, as well as economic compensation[1][2]."
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I anticipate that within our lifetimes, there'll be a nuclear race of countries like Australia, Indonesia, Vietnam etc. all getting nuclear weapons.
In such a scenario, just a trigger causes a nuclear conflagration. The Book of Revelation prophesies 1/4 of the world's population killed by war, famine and plague.