Why start with Trump? A history of our utter subservience to the US

This week with Foreign Minister Penny Wong, he brought up a four -talks again for experts and comments. question what’s “New approach“The Albanian government should take its relationship with irregular and operational Donald Trump administration.

But of course, it will not allow events to change our approach, which is not more often – what approach we took by the US.

1865: Victoria supports the wrong horse

Perhaps our current stance is based on trying to compensate for Australia’s first diplomatic Stoush with the US before the Federation. Look, we A little He supported the wrong side in the American Civil War. The UK was apparently neutral in the conflict, but remained a bitter antagonistic against its old colonies in America, and was very close to recognizing confederations that were allowed to secretly buy a British trader ship transformed into a Raider ship called Shenandoah.

The ship was placed in Melbourne in January 1865. The crew was greeted like celebrities and even took a ride to Ballarat where they held a “pirate ball”. Then the US Consul William Blanchard angry and asked Seized as a pirate. Forty -two melbourne man He secretly joined the crew before he went to the sea to continue his attacks on marine trade.

The ship would go down in history After firing the last shots in the war In June 1865 – the confederation President Jefferson Davis surrendered about three months ago, as well as the murder of Abraham Lincoln, probably in April.

In the early 1900s: ‘Letters of Gold or Fire’

Let us re -express the message sent to us by the great president, the words that should be written in the letters of gold or fire, wherever they come together about the fate of Australia.

Thus, a member of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly Richard Arthur wrote a member published in 1906 A few Australia newspaperProbably the earliest and most impressive “Australia mentioned!” We haven’t met in the shelter yet. Then, US President Teddy Roosevelt recently told Australia to “pay attention to keeping your distant north empty” and “Arthur, the founding president of the Australian Immigration League, said that Arthur, whom he clearly loves to fill your cradles or open your doors”.

A few years later, Prime Minister Alfred Deakin took the fire of British officials at risk inviting Roosevelt’s “Great White Fleet” – the US warriors tour designed as a power show – to stand at various points of Australia. Just like Shenandoah, Australia definitely went to GagaAs historian and journalist Grantlee Kieza wrote: “More than half a million Sydneysider has emerged to see the arrival of ships. In Australia, it was a much greater meeting in Australia than the crowds celebrating the foundation of Commonwealth seven years ago.”

However, Australia and the USA, after World War I, separated the roads again, then PM Billy Hughes, forced the hardest possible terms for Germany (such as civil war, such as history It didn’t happen especially Gentle to this judgment) Hughes “against President Woodrow Wilson”vermin“.

1940s and 50s: ‘Australia is looking at America’

Until 1940, the United States recognized Australia’s independence from England and established diplomatic relations. In two years, Japan attacked Pearl Harbor and soon after Prime Minister John Curtin He gave his famous speech: “Australia looks at America, does not contain any pang about kinship with our traditional connections or the United Kingdom”.

Robert Menzies, which suits Australia’s longest PM, which served the longest time, was able to make immortal contributions to Australia’s relationship with both Britain and the United States. famous Dewey, Queen II. He looked at Elizabeth and said during his visit to 1963, “I did it, but I saw it passes, and I will still love it until I died.”

Financially, Australia really proved where her heart was during the Korean War. Menzies, who hesitated in the beginning, to try By defeating the United Kingdom, which shows the US targets on the Korean Peninsula by doing things, more than 17,000, some Who stayed for years After the conflict is over.

1960s: ‘All Road’

Apparently, Menzies had no hesitation of being involved in Australia’s conflict in Vietnam in America, and had to convince the Southern Vietnamese to accept our troops.

Despite all this and ten prime minister visited the US during the second Menzies, a US President Lyndon Johnson did not go to 1966, when he visited Australia and enjoyed the “most spectacular friendship of Harold Holt instead of Menzies. The spread of the war in Indochina was a great opportunity to rethink the relationship. Instead, Holt’s first speech like PM Three -fold increase in the number of Australian unionsAnd he probably presented the world’s most slavery diplomacy – he said that Australia went over and over again again. Again, history may not confirm this view, but the people of Australia can be sure of Hell. Holt smashed Alpine anti -war 1966 Elections.

2000s: ‘Assistant sheriff’

In the early 2000s, it would be the perfect time to “rethink our relationship with the United States because it launched a long, disastrous war and profession in Iraq based on things that tears the pages of the country’s constitution and emerged as a lie. Instead, under John Howard, we are very attentive and obedient ”Sheriff assistant“At that time, US President George W. Bush described the Australian counterpart as a“ steel man ve and probably gave the US Presidency of Freedom Medal due to hundreds of thousands of Iraqis. get rid of worldly ties. From 2001 to 2003, workers’ leader Simon Crean was humiliated for opposing the participation of Australia in the press and parliament, and he did not survive for a long time to appeal to the 2004 elections in which Howard won in a landslide against Mark Latham.

Trump Period: ‘Over and over again’

You may not trust Trump too much, but when the US president was first elected, Malcolm Turnbull was determined during his first call with Trump: “You can trust me. I will be there again and again.” And, of course, in recent years, Australia – especially through the AUKUS agreement – has shown that it is willing to spend hundreds of billions of dollars and alienation by the US presidents to constantly humiliate.

Then it started with US President Joe Biden, then Prime Minister Scott Morrison’s The name was found accidentally SCOMO’s international reputation as a usual liarand Trump may have ended with what it should be Reminded me what Aukus is And he left the only member state that would be reviewed immediately and did not actively rethink the agreement to Australia.

Really again and again.