Report: Trump, Australian PM Turnbull have tense phone call over Muslim refugees

[Jamesiv1]

Like Trump or not (and if you do like him, you're dumb), why in the world does he keep tweeting like this?

Seriously.

Because he's awesome!

lol

 

[LibertyEagle]

Good for Trump. It *was* a horrible deal. Why on earth would we want to bring people over here that Australia decided that they didn't want?

 

[Cdn_for_liberty]

Turnbull is just another globalist shill. I don't recall what Turnbull said about Trump during the campaign but I am sure it's not good. Hopefully Trump is actually working behind the scenes to get Abbott back as PM.

 

[timosman]

As Zippy mentioned, they built some refugee camps on islands and sticks them all there indefinitely. I'm not really sure about the why's of any of that, but assumed that it might be some Guantanamo-esque shit where they can treat them differently if they're not on Australia proper. Apparently Obama agreed to take half. I don't really know all the details.

He could not close Gitmo.

 

[timosman]

He can't help himself.

Can you?

 

[timosman]

Good for Trump. It *was* a horrible deal. Why on earth would we want to bring people over here that Australia decided that they didn't want?

Who are these people anyway? Can we just give two F-15 with extra ammo and a free tech support to the kiwis and call it even?

 

[TheCount]

He could not close Gitmo.

Let's not pass the buck; Congress passed a law preventing its closure.

 

[timosman]

Let's not pass the buck; Congress passed a law preventing its closure.

He had the majority for the first two years in both houses. He could do anything.

 

[TheCount]

He had the majority for the first two years in both houses. He could do anything.

Did Congress pass such a law or did they not? Whose signatures do you suppose were on it?

 

[timosman]

Did Congress pass such a law or did they not? Whose signatures do you suppose were on it?

Please provide a link.

 

[TheCount]

Please provide a link.

2009: https://www.congress.gov/amendment/...mendment/1133?q={"search":["Guantanamo"]}&r=8
https://www.congress.gov/amendment/...mendment/1133?q={"search":["Guantanamo"]}&r=7
https://www.congress.gov/amendment/...mendment/1136?q={"search":["Guantanamo"]}&r=8

2010: https://www.congress.gov/amendment/...amendment/737?q={"search":["Guantanamo"]}&r=6

2011: https://www.congress.gov/bill/112th-congress/house-bill/1473?q={"search":["Guantanamo"]}&r=2

2012: https://www.congress.gov/amendment/...endment/3245?q={"search":["Guantanamo"]}&r=11

2013: https://www.congress.gov/bill/113th-congress/house-bill/3304?q={"search":["Guantanamo"]}&r=3

2014: https://www.congress.gov/bill/113th-congress/house-bill/3979?q={"search":["Guantanamo"]}&r=5

2015: https://www.congress.gov/amendment/...mendment/129?q={"search":["Guantanamo"]}&r=13

2016: https://www.congress.gov/amendment/...endment/1201?q={"search":["Guantanamo"]}&r=16
https://www.congress.gov/amendment/...endment/1202?q={"search":["Guantanamo"]}&r=17
https://www.congress.gov/amendment/...endment/1207?q={"search":["Guantanamo"]}&r=18
https://www.congress.gov/amendment/...endment/4119?q={"search":["Guantanamo"]}&r=12

 

[CPUd]

 

[enhanced_deficit]

Neocons, media owners employees, McCain, DGP etc have legit compliant here.

Aust was one of the first and strongest enabler of US drive to spread democracy and racial equality in Iraq... is this the payback Trump has for such closest freedom spreader ally?

This on the heels of bad treatment of Iraq war translators is mind boggling.

 

[nikcers]

The Stock Market Down Under Is Decoupling From the World

Alibaba ventures Down Under to help local businesses go global

Any armchair market experts here know what this means in laymans terms?

 

[CPUd]

Pence: U.S. to honor refugee deal with Australia

By REBECCA MORIN 04/22/17 08:47 AM EDT


The United States will honor an Obama-era agreement with Australia to help resettle Syrian refugees, despite the Trump administration not favoring the arrangement, Vice President Mike Pence announced Saturday.

"President Trump has made it clear that we'll honor the agreement — that doesn't mean we admire the agreement," Pence said during a joint news conference with Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull in Sydney, according to the Associated Press.

Up to 1,250 refugees housed in Australian detention camps on Nauru and Papua New Guinea would come to the U.S. under the agreement made with President Barack Obama.

Within the first 10 days as president, Trump had a tense phone call with Turnbull about the agreement. He followed up the phone call with a tweet several days later where he called the deal "dumb."

Turnbull, however, said during Saturday's press conference that "whatever the reservations of the president are," the decision "speaks volumes for the commitment, the integrity of President Trump, and your administration, sir, to honor that commitment."

The disagreement with the deal has strained Australia's and the United State's comfortable relationship, with the majority of Australians having a negative view of Trump. In addition, Australia has been pressured to favor stronger ties with China over the U.S., to which Turnbull has resisted.

During Saturday's press conference, Pence and Turnbull also both shared the opinion that China was key in helping de-escalated the nuclear threat from North Korea. Following meetings with Chinese President Xi Jinping earlier this month, Trump has repeatedly touted the relationship with China to help rein in North Korea.

http://www.politico.com/story/2017/04/22/mike-pence-australia-refugee-deal-237476

 

[Brian4Liberty]

http://www.politico.com/story/2017/04/22/mike-pence-australia-refugee-deal-237476

Just as an aside, when Hannity was in Israel last week, they were saying that their big problem with Trump was that he was too much of an unknown. On the other hand, they were very happy with Pence, whom they "knew well".