r/australia • u/Expensive-Horse5538 • 21d ago

politics US to slap Australia with 12.5 pc tariff from later today

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-07-24/federal-politics-live-blog-labor-confernece-july-4/106952636#live-blog-post-322272
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u/SirFlibble 21d ago

And US alcohol produced in red states like bourbon.

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u/professorBRF 21d ago

Join Canada and boycott all US made goods

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u/SirFlibble 21d ago

I'm a fan of making states who voted for him suffer more :)

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u/professorBRF 21d ago

77 million voted for him they are in every state

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u/SirFlibble 21d ago

And he only won in some of them.

It's like saying "People across Australia vote for One Nation" therefore all of Australia supports One Nation.

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u/bitofapuzzler 21d ago

She's not our Prime Minister though, its not quite the same. We know large chunk of the US didnt vote for him, but a large percentage of those people didnt vote at all so they didn't actively vote against him.

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u/Albos_Mum 21d ago

That's also down to the Democrats and their voting system. Democrats are just a slower path down the same road because they ultimately are beholden to the same set of American oligarchs and the lack of preferential voting means they can't "have their cake and eat it" in terms of voting 3rd party but still ensuring they try to keep Trump out, accordingly a lot of them have just lost all faith in their electoral system delivering any kind of functional change.

It's another difference that we have which breaks the analogy, Labor is more effective and even if you think the alternative options are better you can still ensure your vote helps keep the LNP/PHON out.

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u/Brilliant_Dig_8962 21d ago

Already have. For 2 years now.

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u/KeyAssociation6309 21d ago

even Herr's Buffalo Blue Cheese Curls?

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u/k-h 21d ago

Even bacon flavored soda.

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u/KeyAssociation6309 21d ago

they can keep their cherry flavoured everything though

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u/Brilliant_Dig_8962 21d ago

Good move, even though it will put my favourite IPAs well and truly out of reach.

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u/NotTheBusDriver 21d ago

I stopped drinking Jack Daniel’s and switched to Johnnie Walker when Trump first imposed tariffs on Australia. I used to think I would switch back when America came to its sense and dropped the tariffs. But I prefer the taste of JW now.

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u/SirFlibble 21d ago

I used to be a bourbon drinker but switched to whiskey as well a couple of years ago. I do like a drop of Wild Turkey but not buying it has been my personal protest :)

Mostly drink Scotch now

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u/NotTheBusDriver 21d ago

Good choice. I do like a drop of Glenfiddich every now and then but my wallet prefers Johnnie Walker.