Jordon Steele-John (WA, Australian Greens) Share this | Hansard source

Yesterday, President Trump talked about the Palestinian people as though they were a real estate deal. He talked about the Palestinian people in the Gaza Strip as though they were simply individuals he could clear away to make a buck for himself, carelessly and disgustingly calling for ethnic cleansing, the US occupation of the Gaza Strip and the wholesale violation of international law.

Trump has begun his presidency with a string of incredibly harmful declarations. The things that he and his administration have done in the first two weeks of office include beginning to carry out mass deportations and setting quotas for immigration officials that have swept up those seeking asylum, legal immigrants and maybe American citizens. He has announced his intention to open up a mass detention facility for those seeking asylum. Where? At Guantanamo Bay, a place synonymous with the American history of torture and cruelty. To place it there is no accident. He has blamed the tragic loss of 67 lives that occurred because of an air collision between a helicopter and American Airlines Flight 5342 on diversity, equity and inclusion. He has withdrawn the US from the World Health Organization, ensuring that one of the largest countries and healthcare systems in the world will not be sharing information on epidemic outbreaks, infectious diseases and global health emergencies.

This is who the Prime Minister and the Leader of the Opposition want to hitch Australia to for the next 50 years with the AUKUS agreement. They want Australia to go in lockstep with a government that is actively promoting ethnic cleansing and genocide. We need to make sure that Trumpism cannot take root here in Australia, by tackling the causes of its existence: the hate, the fear and the desperation that people feel. We need to leave the AUKUS agreement once and for all.

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