Erik Bethel

And this candidate is...

you know, considerably more sympathetic toward China than his predecessor.

So you've got Korea in a state of political turmoil.

You've got a relatively weak Japanese prime minister because he's got to balance the different factions.

And in Australia, you have a prime minister, Albanese, who, again, is much more conciliatory.

He's from the left wing, sort of Labor Party side of the equation.

who values non-interference in Taiwan and, you know,

Non-interference.

Well, nobody wants to get into World War III.

Like, I certainly don't.

I don't think anybody does.

But you can't sort of signal that you're not going to interfere.

Now, I'm not saying he has, but he comes from the political party that has been, again, much more conciliatory.

Let's not muddy the waters with China.

Let's just keep things on an even-keeled basis.

So Australia's economy is very dependent on selling iron ore to China, selling natural gas to China, selling agricultural products to China.

I mean, it's a giant continent with very few people that has a lot of natural resources with pretty much one buyer, right?

And so I think the business community says, hey, look, let's not...

Let's not create waves here.

So I'm not sure that you can count on 100%.