America's economic and political chaos has implications for Australia: The United States has proven itself an incomprehensible and unreliable ally

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-06-09/donald-trump-elon-musk-australia-defence-security-alliance/105391190

Australia needs to rethink its relationship with the United States.

We've done quite well maintaining a wary, non-trusting trade relationship with China.

We now need a wary, non-trusting security alliance with the US, if that's even possible.

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Cypher@lemmy.world · 42 pts · 1y (2 replies)
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Auli@lemmy.ca · 5 pts · 1y

The one thing they should be doing is removing the bases. It makes no sense to have that many foreign bases all over the world.

ToastedRavioli@midwest.social · 1 pts · 1y

An alliability one might say

AppleTea@lemmy.zip · 10 pts · 1y

whats that thing they say, "It's dangerous to be an enemy of the United States, but it's deadly to be an ally."

thanksforallthefish@literature.cafe · 4 pts · 1y

Yes.

They were always this way, it's just the mask is now off.