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Seven reasons why Australia is a better friend to the US than Canada

26 August 2018

8:55 PM

26 August 2018

8:55 PM

On Saturday Donald Trump sent a congratulatory tweet to new Prime Minister Scott Morrison:

This innocuous and pleasant message has generated howls of anger and disbelief from the north of the border along the lines of “hang on, stupid; the United States and Canada are greater friends than the United States and Australia!”

This got me thinking: sure, the Canucks like to think that they and the Yanks have got a special thing going, but isn’t there a lot of presumption and taking things for granted involved? There is more to being the best buddies than physical proximity (having been born in a...

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