'The most ill-informed, under-prepared, and psychologically ill-equipped president in US history' [View all]

Comments from an address to be given to the National Press Club in Canberra today (Thursday) by Gareth Evans, senior Cabinet member in the Hawke and Keating Labor Governments:

"Former foreign affairs minister Gareth Evans is urging Australia to reduce its dependence on the United States alliance and accept China as a legitimate "global rule maker".

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"Mr Evans said Australia's support for the 2003 invasion of Iraq and the immediate backing of last week's American missile strikes against Syria were examples where Australia had been too quick to back the US."

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"He will accuse the Turnbull government of "absolute capitulation to US pressure" on nuclear disarmament efforts. Australia and other US allies recently walked away from United Nations talks that seek to ban and eliminate nuclear weapons.

"In provocative terms, Mr Evans labelled Donald Trump "manifestly the most ill-informed, under-prepared, ethically challenged and psychologically ill-equipped president in US history".


http://www.smh.com.au/federal-politics/political-news/the-most-illinformed-underprepared-and-psychologically-illequipped-president-in-us-history-20170412-gvk1tf.html


Malcolm Trumble is yet another in a long line of conservative PMs who have been too happy to kowtow to overseas governments. We used to crawl to Britain, now we crawl to the United States. There are some of us who think it's high time that Australia began to think for itself.

Oh, yes, and become a Republic too!