I might not otherwise post this, but you know how it is. I couldn't resist sharing a bit of schadenfeude.
{Ewps. Forgot the link}
I hope the Aussies at least half realize how lucky they are. I don't recall China being brought up in the article, but I do recall posters griping about their infiltration into Aussie land, so maybe that's another reason Trump decided to help them out. Not doing so would just give China another way in. It makes sense, anyway.
Despite these tensions [between the US and the rest of the Western world), and the fact that countries like Australia have made it clear that they will not aid the US in reopening the Strait of Hormuz (which Australia relies on for the majority of its energy supplies), Trump has offered considerable help to prevent Australia from facing total economic collapse.
Australians are calling it the "Ship of Shame" - A series of refined fuel imports from the US over the course of the past month which are preventing the country crossing the "dry up" threshold. Australia imports around 90% of all it's refined fuels, including diesel which the nation relies on heavily for industrial needs and freight needs. Around 60% of Australia's refined fuels are produced in Asia using oil that passes through the Strait of Hormuz.
Australians are calling it the "Ship of Shame" - A series of refined fuel imports from the US over the course of the past month which are preventing the country crossing the "dry up" threshold. Australia imports around 90% of all it's refined fuels, including diesel which the nation relies on heavily for industrial needs and freight needs. Around 60% of Australia's refined fuels are produced in Asia using oil that passes through the Strait of Hormuz.
I hope the Aussies at least half realize how lucky they are. I don't recall China being brought up in the article, but I do recall posters griping about their infiltration into Aussie land, so maybe that's another reason Trump decided to help them out. Not doing so would just give China another way in. It makes sense, anyway.
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