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trump did not receive more than 50% of the vote, actually less, so how does that equate to a mandate?

Interviews with Donald Trump's voters reveal a dark truth about the "mandate" his supporters say the president-elect has been granted, a new report reveals. 'Deception and denial': Voter views reveal dark truth about Trump's 'mandate' How big is Donald Trump’s mandate? data suggests it was a much closer contest than he and his allies are suggesting. His communications director Steven Cheung has called it a "landslide" victory. Yet it emerged this week that his share of the vote has fallen below 50%, as counting continues.

Ain't a win, just demonstrates the perversion of the justice system by trump.

She hardly 'sets things straight' when she supports trump's endless lies and misinformation. I see trump intends to waste more tax payers money with an investigation into his 2020 loss.

Caught between a rock and a hard place as Australia is reliant on trade with both PRC and US. US had threatened to place tariffs on Australian imports (an US ally for 70+ years and fought alongside US in WW1 and WW11, Korea, Vietnam, and ME).

Actually billions, perhaps good idea to charge the equivalents back to US for basing military and secret spying facilities in Australia. But I suppose you know nothing...

Now selected is Pam Bondi who supported trump's claims, among other issues, of a Stolen Election in 2020. IMO anyone who supports trumps claims with zero evidence is unworthy to be AG, but we know in MAGA it's a requirement. Let's see how many trump appointees end up with charges as they did during his last administration.

<snipped for brevity> No, just providing some facts which is rare in MAGA world

Sure. PRC restricted imports of Australian wine, lobsters, etc due to supporting trump rhetoric. https://www.dfat.gov.au/trade/organisations/wto/trade-monitoring-and-reviews/wto-trade-policy-review-china-trade-2021-australia-statement#:~:text=China's measures have severely limited,%2C grains%2C and table grapes.

Firstly you have no power whatsoever. I'll give you prior governance under British rule did supress minorities , bot not genocide as carried out by US government "Manifest Destiny". Australia has Free Speech, but cracking down on Hate Speech. Firearms are licensed in Australia for those that need them e.g. farmers. But enough now, going way off topic.

Cost the Australian economy $billions for supporting trump ideology regards PRC

During trump's prior presidency the US trade gap grew by hundreds of $billions, in other words his trade policy was a failure, yet ten of millions of Americans voted for trump 2024 to address economic issues. Trump imposed a 50% tariff on imports of washing machines in 2018. Researchers estimate the value of washing machines jumped by around 12% as a direct consequence, equivalent to $86 per unit, and that US consumers paid around $1.5bn extra a year in total for these products. https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c20myx1erl6o

In comparison, a bit. trump is a pathologic liar, what was the number when he was in power - oh Yes 30,000 plus Never seen you MAGA people acknowledge trump's insistent lying and taking up conspiracy stuff from the far right.

Prefer someone like Forbes. There is a lot of toing and froing, I agree with.... Voters usually punish presidents when the economy is poor and reward presidents when the economy is strong, but no matter who sits in the Oval Office, their actual power over economic conditions is limited. The pandemic-era recession and post-pandemic inflation binge were both worldwide phenomena. And while both Biden and Trump have touted lower gas prices at various points, the price often has more to do with supply and demand than government policy. Most importantly, the real kingpin of economic growth and inflation arguably isn't the president—it's the Federal Reserve chair. https://www.forbes.com/sites/dereksaul/2024/11/01/how-the-economy-really-fared-under-bidenharris-and-trump-from-jobs-to-inflation-final-update/

Biden in Pittsburgh sought to contrast his approach as "strategic and targeted" and has said Trump's broader approach would raise costs for U.S. consumers. https://www.npr.org/2024/05/10/1250670539/biden-china-tariffs-electric-vehicles You may find the article below of interest: https://www.politico.com/news/2024/05/15/biden-tariff-reaction-trump-00158043