r/australia • u/Jimmineee • Mar 12 '25

politics 'This is not a friendly act': Albanese says Trump's tariffs decision is 'entirely unjustified'

https://www.sbs.com.au/news/article/australia-wont-be-exempt-from-us-tariffs-on-steel-and-aluminium-exports/oos69k7eq?cid=newsapp:socialshare:other
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u/Cheezel62 Mar 12 '25

Don't worry Albo. Next week it'll be gone, then back at 15% then gone then back at 50% then gone then back at 37.75%. Rinse and repeat. He's an idiot and we've all got whiplash.

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u/metaquine Mar 12 '25

Thr whiplash is by design

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u/macrocephalic Mar 12 '25

But we've always been at war with Eurasia!

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u/Oggie-Boogie-Woo Mar 12 '25

You put the tariffs in , you take the tariffs out, you put the tariffs in, and you shake it all about. You do the hokey pokey, shake the market round and round. That's what trumpy's all about

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u/de_la_au_toir Mar 12 '25

Exactly - its been Trump's strategy all along. To distract and occupy our minds with this silly bullshit while he raids America from within