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kentuck

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Fri May 8, 2026, 04:18 PM Friday

Some worthy comments from an Australian: [View all]

From FaceBook:

This is for all of you in America...this is on you...every one of you...no exceptions...

Susan Sloan

Alright, I’m saying this as an Australian who is absolutely sick to death of watching the world hold its breath every time this blabbering blubbering blithering blustering baffoon opens his grotesque mouth.

You see folks, as far as I can tell, from the outside, this is what it looks like: America has elected a man who talks and behaves like a megalomaniac, and the rest of the planet is supposed to just trust that he won’t completely lose his grip on reality and drag us all into catastrophe.

You want to steal Greenland.
You want Cuba to “make a deal before it’s too late”.
You talk about bombing or invading Mexico.
You kidnap a President and knock off the peoples oil in Venezuela.
You joke about annexing Canada like it should be a shopping centre car park you can just claim because you feel like it.

Do you have any idea how insane that sounds to the rest of us?

This isn’t tough talk. This isn’t strategy. This is a deeply unstable old man threatening sovereign nations like he’s flipping over a Monopoly board because he’s losing. This is not normal behaviour. This is not leadership. This is not strength. This is a walking, talking international crisis.

And Americans, this is where it comes back to you. Not just MAGA, not just the people who voted for him, all of you. Because when the President of the United States starts talking about kidnapping leaders, annexing countries, and issuing ultimatums like a mob boss, the rest of the world doesn’t get a vote. We just get the consequences.

You don’t get to shrug and say, “Well I didn’t vote for him.” That might fly at a dinner party, but it doesn’t fly when nuclear powers are watching this circus and recalculating their own red lines. This is your system. Your presidency. Your responsibility.

From the outside, it looks like America lit the fuse and then wandered off while everyone else stands around the bomb wondering who’s going to cut the wire.

And let’s be brutally honest. This man is nearly 80. He’s frail. He’s clearly deteriorating. He is not some long term visionary playing chess. He’s at the end of his lifespan and acting like nothing matters after him. That is the most dangerous type of leader there is. A man with nothing to lose and an ego that demands constant feeding.

Why should the rest of the world pay for that?

Why should families in Europe, Asia, Australia, South America, anywhere, have to worry about war, trade collapse, energy shocks, or global instability because America couldn’t get its own house in order?

This is not about left or right anymore. This is about basic sanity. This is about stopping a psychopath before he does something irreversible. Because once a war starts, once a country gets invaded, once alliances fracture beyond repair, you don’t get a reset button.

So yes, this falls on Americans. You got the world into this mess, and you damn well better roll your sleeves up and get us out of it. Impeach him. Remove him. Contain him. Do whatever your system allows, but do it fast.

Because the rest of us just want to live our lives, raise our families, pay our bills, and not wake up one morning to find out World War Three started because an unhinged old man wanted to feel powerful one last time.

This isn’t funny anymore.
It isn’t theatrical.
It isn’t tolerable.

Get this lunatic under wraps before he ruins it for everyone.
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Thanks for causing this Australia- you created Rupert Murdoch and gifted him to us. By the way, this is global Blues Heron Friday #1
This. Is. On. Us. We let Murdoch in our country knowing who he was. Joinfortmill 21 hrs ago #35
I don't remember being asked. SergeStorms 17 hrs ago #44
We meaning those with the power to do so who represented us. Joinfortmill 17 hrs ago #46
This is global. Caused by who? JFC of course it is global but started by USA and your illustrious president Bev54 15 hrs ago #49
are you doing anything about it? It's just so simplistic and condescending to expect us to just oust the guy Blues Heron 12 hrs ago #64
100% correct. No longer about Trump, but the failure of the American people. Irish_Dem Friday #2
Perhaps the political opposition is much weaker than we ever imagined? kentuck Friday #3
Yes. We overestimated the power of the resistance. Irish_Dem Friday #31
Aquiescent accomplices and volunteer victims. BattleRow 17 hrs ago #45
A great OP malaise Friday #4
You might think the political leadership in both Parties would be talking to each other? kentuck Friday #5
This! Joinfortmill 21 hrs ago #36
She is correct canetoad Friday #6
Of course she is absolutely right about Trump Disaffected Friday #7
I agree PatSeg Friday #23
We're not doing enough, that includes me. Joinfortmill 21 hrs ago #37
I've seen similar posts on Reddit and Bluesky from people in Canada and other countries. highplainsdem Friday #8
I think the rest of the world mostly sees it as an American "problem"... kentuck Friday #9
Good. They should. misanthrope Friday #16
I blame... Trust_Reality 16 hrs ago #47
Good one TR popsdenver 14 hrs ago #59
Completely agree. sop Friday #10
From an American to an Australian. roamer65 Friday #11
Temporarily please ... until ... you know. Trust_Reality 16 hrs ago #48
Australians have their own issues, too. mr715 Friday #12
This message was self-deleted by its author Bev54 15 hrs ago #50
"Australians have their own problems too"????? Bev54 15 hrs ago #51
So you post on a message board filled with activists fighting Trump? mr715 15 hrs ago #52
I know exactly the board I am commenting on Bev54 15 hrs ago #53
Well, seems to me Australia is still buying our nuclear submarines mr715 14 hrs ago #54
I think you will find that contract was signed in 2023 under Biden. Bev54 14 hrs ago #55
Ah, so that makes it okay. mr715 14 hrs ago #58
Nobody cares who or if you feel sorry for anybody, that's just silly Blues Heron 12 hrs ago #67
Did you read the comment I am replying to? Bev54 7 hrs ago #70
I agree and plan on working harder multigraincracker Friday #13
Ms. Sloan is sadly mistaken misanthrope Friday #14
There will always be malevolent actors, but the guardrails, which have never been fully sufficient Martin Eden 18 hrs ago #43
Valid points Dan Friday #15
Thank you for your clear-eyed perspective. We do need to face up to our collective responsibilites more..... FadedMullet Friday #17
This person speaks for me! lastlib Friday #18
Somebody should tell the Aussies that WE are sick of it TOO! FakeNoose Friday #19
Every word is true... GiqueCee Friday #20
yes, we also have a history of electing weak dems during primaries AlexSFCA Friday #21
There are still many popsdenver 14 hrs ago #60
Guess I am in the minority on this thread. sheshe2 Friday #22
Indeed. Just Jerome Friday #25
Your observation about victim blaming is apt. mr715 Friday #28
Thank you, mr715. sheshe2 Friday #29
I should've said apt and astute. mr715 Friday #32
We're becoming our version of 'the good German'. Joinfortmill 21 hrs ago #38
Yes Timewas 14 hrs ago #56
Please, do tell! debsy Friday #24
Although we may disagree with the author... kentuck Friday #26
More people than you think view the world with nuance nilram 12 hrs ago #66
Thank you, debsy! sheshe2 Friday #27
Obscene. Tax these pukes. Joinfortmill 21 hrs ago #39
For people having a knee jerk defensive reaction and asking for solutions, think of it this way. meadowlander Friday #30
36 doctors slipped SOMETHING into the Congressional Record at the end of April. summer_in_TX Yesterday #33
Thanks for this. Joinfortmill 21 hrs ago #40
summer_in_TX 11 hrs ago #69
I'm with her. Enough is enough. I'll go first. Joinfortmill 21 hrs ago #34
We had one on May Day - did you participate? No work, no school, no buying? Blues Heron 20 hrs ago #41
I did not know about it. Trying to figure out how I missed it Joinfortmill 20 hrs ago #42
"Do you have any idea how insane that sounds to the rest of us?" Ray Bruns 14 hrs ago #57
She is sooooo condescending with that and the dinner party comment. Clearly she goes to a lot of dinner parties. Blues Heron 12 hrs ago #65
You noticed that too. mr715 12 hrs ago #68
There is a very distinct first line of responsibility for this criminal president. GoodRaisin 14 hrs ago #61
Report today is the Iranian foreign minister is starting bilateral talks with our allies. roamer65 14 hrs ago #62
It's the Billionaires. They control most of the strings chouchou 13 hrs ago #63
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