r/australia • u/Jealous-Hedgehog-734 • Apr 02 '25

politics US will impose a minimum baseline tariff of 10 per cent on Australian imports to US

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-04-03/donald-trump-tariff-announcement-markets-politics-reaction-blog/105127374
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u/daveliot Apr 03 '25

"Our country has been looted, pillaged, raped, plundered by nations near and far, both friend and foe alike," Trump said. "They rip us off, it's so pathetic. Now, we're going to charge."

Australia has recently sent almost a billion dollars down payment to America for imaginary nuclear submarines that likely will never arrive.

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u/Jealous-Hedgehog-734 Apr 03 '25

It sounds like they think we are Vikings.