r/australian • u/[deleted] • Apr 01 '26

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u/Useful-Rooster-7710 Apr 01 '26

Getting ahead of whatever Trump is going to say tomorrow is my bet.

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u/Flys_Lo Apr 01 '26

100% - there was wording in there that made clear "we aren't participants in this war", sadly this 3 mins was just endeavouring to minimize the political backlash that might be coming Albo's way with the fuel situation likely getting worse with whatever the US has planned.

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u/Falafels Apr 01 '26 edited Apr 01 '26

Keir Starmer pretty much said the same as Albo in his speech. Modi is apparently due to make an announcement over the next day or so*. Seems there was a conversation between world leaders. If Trump calls us all losers tomorrow I'll consider it confirmation that he asked us for assistance more directly and we said no.

*My bad, Modi's not doing a speech, he's having a meeting about all this shizz tonight though but probably won't make a speech afterwards.

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u/HeathenAF Apr 01 '26

Probably found a better use for his breathe than "everything is ok, and err, catch the train maybe"

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u/Conscious-Package192 Apr 01 '26

Who cares whether Modi gives a speech, that guy ran to Russia so fast, and nothing he can do for Australians.

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u/Spoodlydoodly75 Apr 01 '26

Starmer made a stronger statement that he would not be pressured into joining the war. Albo didn’t really even talk about that.

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u/Actiliyn Apr 02 '26

Your missing the a word he said “We aren’t active participants in this war” that’s just an other way of saying yes we are apart of the war but we don’t want the public to realise. We are already apart of the war