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Cleaning up the mess he’s created will be a major headache for whoever comes after him. He has knocked the US off its perch in terms of how the rest of the world sees it now, and it will never fully recover. Not much of a legacy to brag about. The reason he’s erecting so many monuments to himself is that he knows nobody else will.

Yes, I think the Nation part is pretty questionable. First inhabitants would be more accurate and traditional Australians seems OK to me as a differentiator if you needed one.

You will have to ask GON what a Traditional Australian is. I guess First Nations people should qualify given the length of time they have been here.

In my previous company, we once did a quick headcount and came up with 14 different nationalities. We are a multicultural country and by and large a pretty successful one, but not without associated problems such as crime and gangs. However, the vast majority of immigrants are good people who just want to get on with their lives and be decent citizens. As Jerry said, the only traditional Australians are the First Nations people. The rest of us are all new arrivals by comparison.

What does a `Traditional Aussie' look like in your view?

There's been speculation about who might succeed Trump when he finally goes, or who he might endorse. Vance or Rubio would be the obvious choices, but there is a view that he doesn't want anyone to replace him because he couldn't stand the thought of not being at the centre of things. I think there's some merit in that view and that he would rather take the ship down with him than have somebody else take over the Republican side. He might even be happier to see a Democrat as president than someone from his own side who would replace him as the centre of the universe in the US.

Thanks to my parents I'm a post war immigrant from Holland so the impact on me personally has been quite significant. Likewise, I think our family's impact on Australia has been quite significant, but that's just my opinion.

Do you include European immigrants as Traditional Australians, or does your definition just describe the descendants of the colonial era immigrants (some might say invaders) who were born here (except for the Chinese, I suppose).

There's zero chance of him being awarded a Nobel prize of any sort.

Mark Kelly seems to be generally well liked. At this stage it’s anyone’s guess who ends up running for the Democrats. My comment was more about what the Democrats are for. They are all united in their opposition to Trump and his regime but their vision for the country is less clear at this point.

The problem the Democrats have is that they aren't organised and don't have an obvious plan for what they want, apart from getting rid of Trump's mob. They need to work out their version of a Project 2025 type manifesto that makes sense for the country and that they can sell to the public before the 2028 elections. I think Project 2025 was a disaster for democracy in the USA, but it unfortunately showed what can be done if you get organised.

Those kinds of scripts - short sentences, lots of padding, trying to build up drama are common in many internet videos. Unless I've missed something in the link, if all he said was "Let's call it what it is", then I've just wasted a few minutes.

They don't need to anymore. Trump is doing it all by himself.

The real concern is that AI might make the contributors to this forum obsolete.

Yes, and I agree with you.