In a shocking move, Australia has officially turned its back on the US to sign a massive $30B trade deal with the EU. Fo

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Meanwhile, Trump insists he has GREAT relations with leaders around the world.



‪ElizabethC 💙🐸‬
‪@econklin44.bsky.social‬
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In a shocking move, Australia has officially turned its back on the US to sign a massive $30B trade deal with the EU. For the 3rd time in just 3 months, a major global power has chosen Europe over America, effectively locking US firms out of nearly 845 billion dollars in contracts.
#ProudBlue

In a shocking move, Australia has officially turned its back on the US to sign a massive B trade deal with the EU. For the 3rd time in just 3 months, a major global power has chosen Europe over America, effectively locking US firms out of nearly 845 billion dollars in contracts.
#ProudBlue

— ElizabethC 💙🐸 (@econklin44.bsky.social) 2026-06-26T07:23:22.294Z

[hookaleft]

1. He has destroyed everything

[QueerDuck]

2. So much winning!

[Tim S]

3. The entire 1st term of the next Democratic President will be consumed restoring everything Trump destroyed

And Congress will have create new laws to prevent any future President from doing the unthinkable atrocities Trump comitted.

[swong19104]

11. Congress cannot and should not

create such laws. It is the purview of the electorate to conduct proper vetting and voting as part of its civic duty to not nominate nor elect such vile monsters. Don’t create laws when just being rational works perfectly.

However, should such a creature manage to be elected, Congress does have the right and duty to impeach and convict the president.

[ToxMarz]

15. Yeah, we would need to change the laws governing the lawmakers

because they have the power to stop much of this, they just refuse to.

[Joinfortmill]

16. And how has that has worked so far?

[Martin Eden]

18. Executive power will be abused if laws are not refined to prevent it

Trump, just in this term, has likely commited more high crimes and misdemeanors than all other presidents combined -- but he won't be removed through impeachment because there is almost zero chance of garnering 67 votes in the Senate to convict.

If candidates are elected who campaigned on reining in executive power, then the will of The People will be served by passing such laws.

[TexasBushwhacker]

22. I don't give a fuck if he's impeached

I want him to be IMPRISONED!!!

[Martin Eden]

26. Should have happened years before the 2024 election for J6 & Documents case

Justice delayed became justice denied, with the help of SCOTUS. Now, he'll likely die before being held criminally accountable.

I would much rather he die in prison.

[paleotn]

27. Thinking that's gotten us into this mess in the first place

No offense, but your faith in voters and politicians to do the right thing is breathtakingly naive. The average American voter is rational? OK.

[swong19104]

30. No, I don't think voters are rational

But they have to be forced to do their civic duty. Don’t offload this to some laws. All these legislative ideas: term limits, age limits, no prior felonies, revealing tax returns…

Now, I agree we should see the candidate’s tax returns. It should be part of the vetting process. Same with health information, college transcripts, etc. No different than any other job application process (ok, most jobs don’t ask for health information, but almost all athletic jobs require a thorough physical).

We need to train the voters to be better hiring managers, and that goes for all elected positions, from school boards to the presidency.

[ananda]

4. Yes, I'm so shocked nobody wants to do business with us!

...

[DFW]

5. I have never met Rubio or Von Der Leyen. However--

Just look at some clips of each of the two speaking (Von der Leyen’s English is better than Trump’s).

Who would you rather have as a negotiating partner?

‘nuff said.

[FakeNoose]

6. This isn't the least bit shocking

All over the world people are slamming doors in Chump's face. Wake up, Repukes!

[BComplex]

12. The republican/fascist owned news media will NEVER let republican voters know

how much trump is destroying our country. They get all their news about trump with a serious coating of sugar.

[LymphocyteLover]

19. they are traitors and deserve some sort of punishment

[Biophilic]

7. Thank you Republican Party. You are doing a great job.

We must remember that trump was not alone. He has had lots of help. The gop must own this national disaster.

[GB_RN]

8. I Hope The Corporate Execs...

Who wanted Cantaloupe Caligula the Corpulent are now having the worst cases of incurable heart burn, and anxiety attacks, ever.

[dlk]

9. Australia has turned its back against authoritarianism and in-your-face corruption

They’re a democracy. No one should be surprised.

When I was expecting my middle son, my obgyn was an Australian. He often said the terrible way Americans treat pregnant women made him angry.

[OldBaldy1701E]

14. Yes, but a headline that says, "In a completely unsurprising move, Australia has signed with the EU over the US"...

Doesn't get clicks.

[tanyev]

10. Tariffs have consequences.

Along with behaving like a childish asshole.

[Joinfortmill]

13. He's gonna kill our economy. Likely no coming back from this.

Impeach. This. Menace.

[niyad]

28. He and fleon skum said they were going to do just that, and remake it

in their image.

[Bettie]

17. The Republican party has shown the world that the US is always

one election away from a madman running the US.

There is no stability to be found in the US system, because everyone has seen that our system of "checks and balances" doesn't work when one man decides he is a dictator.

Or, maybe I should rephrase that....when a bunch of billionaire assholes decide that the country is their chew toy and they must break it and then smash all the little people in it, in order to help them feel something, anything.

Also, of all of them Mike Johnson is the most evil. He is the ONE PERSON who could initiate a change, it is supposedly his obligation to do so, but he's that cartoon of the dog sitting in a burning room saying "this is fine".

[Martin Eden]

20. Mike Johnson, who wears his "Christianity" on his sleeve, is a primary enabler and servant of Trump

But let's remember that is precisely why his Republican cohorts in the House elected him Speaker. They are all responsible for this.

But there is plenty of blame to spread around beyond the Republican Party. The Corporate media, mega donors, and voters who are easily fooled or full of hate all made it possible for an evil destructive creature to become the President of the United States of America.

And all of us, even those who fought the good fight against this evil, will suffer the consequences.

[Scrivener7]

21. Who can blame them?

[Submariner]

23. How come we don't see Lockheed Martin raging about

losing out on all those future F-35 sales that were going to Canada and elsewhere, now go to Sweden.

Bell and Sikorsky have lost all the helicopter sales that now go to Airbus to be built in Canada.

The Boeing AWACS is now replaced by a Swedish equivalent aircraft.

South Korea and Germany will now be the submarine supplier to Canada and Australia instead of General Dynamics Electric Boat.

It sure feels like we are losing a lot of manufacturing jobs in the expansive military hardware sector, or am I wrong?

[johnnyfins]

24. Well we have 17 trillion in investment

Coming in, so...

:/

[oasis]

25. When asked about this deal, Trump will mumble,

fumble and bumble this disaster into a positive.

[niyad]

29. What, exactly, is "shocking" about this, Elizabeth?