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Swede

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Wed Jun 24, 2026, 09:57 AM Wednesday

An Australian's reply to Trump's rant about "NATO not being there for America" is perfect. [View all]

Posted on Facebook -

"Mate. You run a country with 600,000 homeless people sleeping on the street tonight. A country where 40% of adults can't cover a $400 emergency without borrowing money. A country where insulin costs more than a car payment and people are rationing it to survive. A country where medical debt is the number 1 cause of bankruptcy. A country where women are dying in hospital car parks because doctors are too scared of abortion laws to treat a miscarriage.
You lock up more of your own citizens than any nation on earth. More than China. More than Russia. More than North Korea. The land of the free has 2 million people in cages, and a quarter of them haven't even been convicted of anything. They're just too poor to make bail.
Your life expectancy is going backwards. You're the only developed nation where that's happening. Your infant mortality rate is worse than Cuba's. Your kids do active shooter drills between maths and English while you sell the gunmaker's stock to your mates.
Your minimum wage hasn't moved in 15 years. You've got teachers working 2 jobs and veterans sleeping under bridges and you just spent a trillion dollars flattening a country that didn't attack you.
And you’ve got a convicted felon, adjudicating raping, paedophile protecting, porn star shagging insurrectionist running the biggest dumpster fire war campaign since the Taliban thanked you very much for losing again.
And you're calling Greenland poorly run?
Greenland has universal healthcare. Free education. One of the lowest incarceration rates in the world. Nobody goes bankrupt there because they got sick. Nobody dies in a waiting room because their insurance said no.
'NATO wasn't there when we needed them." When exactly was that, champ? September 11? Because NATO invoked Article 5 for the first and only time in history FOR YOU. Soldiers from dozens of countries deployed, fought, bled, and died in Afghanistan FOR YOU. Australia wasn't even in NATO and we still showed up. For 20 years.
And you pulled out at 2am without telling anyone and left them to deal with the mess.
So maybe before you start calling other countries poorly run, have a look at your own backyard, you spray-tanned aluminium siding salesman. The only thing poorly run in this picture is your f----- mouth."

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Send this everywhere malaise Wednesday #1
YES! And this too: Justice matters. Wednesday #35
Thanks malaise Wednesday #36
Perfect. sinkingfeeling Wednesday #2
Oi, Oi, Oi! surfered Wednesday #3
Spread this far and wide dalton99a Wednesday #4
BRA EFFING VO Faux pas Wednesday #5
Well said! SheltieLover Wednesday #6
This guy nailed it! BComplex Wednesday #7
This is a righteous rant ... and well-deserved FakeNoose Wednesday #8
Nailed it, indeed!!! returnee Wednesday #9
Oh heck yes. Mr. Mustard 2023 Wednesday #10
Kick, a thousand times democrank Wednesday #11
But we just produced the world's first trillionaire...and the DOW is over 50,000! Ol Janx Spirit Wednesday #12
Just an fyi NJCher Thursday #39
Righteous!!! Joinfortmill Wednesday #13
I'm really depressed after having read that, ashamed of what our country has become, but, sadly, It's all true. sop Wednesday #14
Agreed. N/T progressoid Wednesday #16
A very good analysis ... ananda Wednesday #15
It's sad to say, but this guy is absolutely correct. patphil Wednesday #17
In the eyes of so-called pro-life MAGAts, Dr. T Wednesday #21
MANY THANKS, AUSSIES. MLWR Wednesday #18
KNR and bookmarking for future use! niyad Wednesday #19
Matie, this nails it. Nt duhneece Wednesday #20
Well Said Sane1 Wednesday #22
If maga/pubs relogic Wednesday #23
"...you spray-tanned aluminium siding salesman." mwmisses4289 Wednesday #24
Stunning summary....and all true, at least. the basics. BobTheSubgenius Wednesday #25
USA USA USA Whip-poor-will Wednesday #26
Horribly true. Martin Eden Wednesday #27
Eloquent and deserved response. mdbl Wednesday #28
PREACH IT AUSSIE Skittles Wednesday #29
THIS! THIS! THIS! A THOUSAND TIMES THIS! OMGWTF Wednesday #30
I'd like to see Jeff Daniels do this! Change 'you' to 'we', 'your' to 'our' Abolishinist Wednesday #31
The Aussie's got a point. Several points, actually. Indisputable points. wnylib Wednesday #32
queen dontuinette jessica twump runs the shithole country w/ the skinflint gee o pee party. pansypoo53219 Wednesday #33
Perfectly Brilliant! Cha Wednesday #34
Ouch MustLoveBeagles Wednesday #37
True that markie Wednesday #38
Bassaaaaaaaaaazing!!! oasis Thursday #40
Anyone remember when Minnesota weirdo Michelle Bachman was spouting out how "exceptional" America was during GWB's ..... wolfie001 Thursday #41
Says it all. mountain grammy Thursday #42
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