Firstly, I was appalled, though not surprised, by the horrible antisemitic torching of a synagogue in Melbourne. However, I have an idea that, if implemented, could go a long way in combating antisemitism in this country. I call on the Islamic community in Melbourne to contribute funds to rebuild this synagogue. What a wonderful message that would send!
Belated congratulations to President-elect Donald Trump. I worry about what he will do to Ukraine, but I am quietly confident he will help bring peace to the Middle East through his steadfast support of Israel and the moderate Arab states. His anti-woke comments are most welcome and ooze common sense. His “drill, baby, drill” policy will once again see the US as a net exporter of energy and hopefully put an end to the mad rush by some countries, like Australia, into what is increasingly looking like a train wreck by blindly putting all our eggs in the renewable basket. He will hopefully help save Australia by doing so and arrest our rapidly decreasing standard of living.
He has promised to increase US defence expenditure, but at the same time, come down hard on countries (like us) who refuse to pull our weight. We need to commit now to spending at least 3% of GDP on defence.
Trump probably needs to make an example of a country for not pulling its weight—and what better country to single out than Keir Starmer’s Britain! Sir Keir has had the shortest political honeymoon of any Western leader in recent times—about one week, to be exact—and has started to implement policies, almost all of which (according to the London Telegraph) will greatly harm the UK (e.g., more solar in a country where the sun rarely shines and not increasing defence expenditure—it looks like the UK will mothball one of their two brand-new aircraft carriers). Their recent hostility toward Israel is also appalling, and they operate a two-tiered policing system. So, Donald—how about demanding that the UK government increase defence spending to 3% of GDP now, pull Britain out of the ICC, and set in motion an anti-woke agenda in government? You’ll be helping the UK help itself.
Trump could force the Poms to do this by such measures as banning people such as British Foreign Minister David Lammy (a fierce and indeed vicious Trump critic) and other leftist woke luminaries from entering the US until the UK lifts its game. Trump can put lots of pressure on Sir Keir by (for example) temporarily abandoning all US cooperation with the UK on intelligence sharing and defence, thereby forcing the UK to spend more to defend itself and to stop the sad decline of what was, until recently, a strong middle power with a strong moral compass.
Trump has the potential to save the West from its own decadent decline. He is, however, unpredictable, and that horrible streak of isolationism in him and many Americans is worrying. If nothing else, Australia needs to pull its weight more in case the US turns in on itself. Our very survival as a free nation depends on it.
