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Swede

(40,506 posts)
Wed Jun 24, 2026, 09:57 AM 15 hrs ago

An Australian's reply to Trump's rant about "NATO not being there for America" is perfect. [View all]

Posted on Facebook -

"Mate. You run a country with 600,000 homeless people sleeping on the street tonight. A country where 40% of adults can't cover a $400 emergency without borrowing money. A country where insulin costs more than a car payment and people are rationing it to survive. A country where medical debt is the number 1 cause of bankruptcy. A country where women are dying in hospital car parks because doctors are too scared of abortion laws to treat a miscarriage.
You lock up more of your own citizens than any nation on earth. More than China. More than Russia. More than North Korea. The land of the free has 2 million people in cages, and a quarter of them haven't even been convicted of anything. They're just too poor to make bail.
Your life expectancy is going backwards. You're the only developed nation where that's happening. Your infant mortality rate is worse than Cuba's. Your kids do active shooter drills between maths and English while you sell the gunmaker's stock to your mates.
Your minimum wage hasn't moved in 15 years. You've got teachers working 2 jobs and veterans sleeping under bridges and you just spent a trillion dollars flattening a country that didn't attack you.
And you’ve got a convicted felon, adjudicating raping, paedophile protecting, porn star shagging insurrectionist running the biggest dumpster fire war campaign since the Taliban thanked you very much for losing again.
And you're calling Greenland poorly run?
Greenland has universal healthcare. Free education. One of the lowest incarceration rates in the world. Nobody goes bankrupt there because they got sick. Nobody dies in a waiting room because their insurance said no.
'NATO wasn't there when we needed them." When exactly was that, champ? September 11? Because NATO invoked Article 5 for the first and only time in history FOR YOU. Soldiers from dozens of countries deployed, fought, bled, and died in Afghanistan FOR YOU. Australia wasn't even in NATO and we still showed up. For 20 years.
And you pulled out at 2am without telling anyone and left them to deal with the mess.
So maybe before you start calling other countries poorly run, have a look at your own backyard, you spray-tanned aluminium siding salesman. The only thing poorly run in this picture is your f----- mouth."

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Send this everywhere malaise 15 hrs ago #1
YES! And this too: Justice matters. 4 hrs ago #35
Thanks malaise 4 hrs ago #36
Perfect. sinkingfeeling 15 hrs ago #2
Oi, Oi, Oi! surfered 15 hrs ago #3
Spread this far and wide dalton99a 15 hrs ago #4
BRA EFFING VO Faux pas 15 hrs ago #5
Well said! SheltieLover 15 hrs ago #6
This guy nailed it! BComplex 15 hrs ago #7
This is a righteous rant ... and well-deserved FakeNoose 15 hrs ago #8
Nailed it, indeed!!! returnee 15 hrs ago #9
Oh heck yes. Mr. Mustard 2023 15 hrs ago #10
Kick, a thousand times democrank 15 hrs ago #11
But we just produced the world's first trillionaire...and the DOW is over 50,000! Ol Janx Spirit 14 hrs ago #12
Just an fyi NJCher 1 hr ago #39
Righteous!!! Joinfortmill 14 hrs ago #13
I'm really depressed after having read that, ashamed of what our country has become, but, sadly, It's all true. sop 14 hrs ago #14
Agreed. N/T progressoid 14 hrs ago #16
A very good analysis ... ananda 14 hrs ago #15
It's sad to say, but this guy is absolutely correct. patphil 14 hrs ago #17
In the eyes of so-called pro-life MAGAts, Dr. T 13 hrs ago #21
MANY THANKS, AUSSIES. MLWR 14 hrs ago #18
KNR and bookmarking for future use! niyad 13 hrs ago #19
Matie, this nails it. Nt duhneece 13 hrs ago #20
Well Said Sane1 13 hrs ago #22
If maga/pubs relogic 13 hrs ago #23
"...you spray-tanned aluminium siding salesman." mwmisses4289 13 hrs ago #24
Stunning summary....and all true, at least. the basics. BobTheSubgenius 13 hrs ago #25
USA USA USA Whip-poor-will 13 hrs ago #26
Horribly true. Martin Eden 12 hrs ago #27
Eloquent and deserved response. mdbl 11 hrs ago #28
PREACH IT AUSSIE Skittles 11 hrs ago #29
THIS! THIS! THIS! A THOUSAND TIMES THIS! OMGWTF 11 hrs ago #30
I'd like to see Jeff Daniels do this! Change 'you' to 'we', 'your' to 'our' Abolishinist 10 hrs ago #31
The Aussie's got a point. Several points, actually. Indisputable points. wnylib 5 hrs ago #32
queen dontuinette jessica twump runs the shithole country w/ the skinflint gee o pee party. pansypoo53219 4 hrs ago #33
Perfectly Brilliant! Cha 4 hrs ago #34
Ouch MustLoveBeagles 3 hrs ago #37
True that markie 3 hrs ago #38
Bassaaaaaaaaaazing!!! oasis 42 min ago #40
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