According to a number of Australian and British media reports, after the US Capitol was violently attacked by US President Trump's supporters two weeks ago, the leaders of britain, Germany, France, Canada, Sweden and Ireland quickly attacked the political riots in the United States, and many of them also directly criticized Trump's disgraceful role in it.
However, these media have found that Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison, as the leader of a major country in the Pacific, has so far not criticized Trump's role or words and deeds in the riots.
This has also caused a lot of dissatisfaction among the Australian people, and some people call Morrison a "coward".
Not only that, when Morrison went on leave four days after the US Capitol shock, Australian Deputy Prime Minister Michael McCormack, who acted as him, and Australian Treasury Minister Josh Frydenberg also expressed dissatisfaction with the US social platform blocking Trump's account in an interview with australian media, saying that this "censorship" was "uncomfortable". Morrison himself did not object to the remarks of the two senior government officials.
(Pictured is Australian Deputy Prime Minister and Finance Minister expressing dissatisfaction with Trump's social media ban, screenshot from Australian media reports)
This embarrassing scene naturally caused the dissatisfaction of many Australian netizens. Some Australian netizens posted sarcasm at the time: Not only did they not condemn Trump, but on the contrary, Australia's acting prime minister and finance minister condemned Twitter. The post subsequently garnered more than 3,000 likes.
An Australian scholar further rebuked Australia's leaders for being unwilling to denounce the US president's incitement to a coup d'état as "weak" and "dangerous". His post received nearly 9,000 likes.
An Australian media personality lashed out at Morrison, calling Morrison's refusal to publicly condemn Trump as "weak," "spineless" and "cowardly."
Former Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd directly called Morrison a "coward". He also accused Morrison of being reluctant to publicly condemn Trump because his party had also been kidnapped by far-right forces.
It is also worth noting that according to the British "Guardian" report, an Australian poll showed that as many as 56% of 1003 respondents believed that Morrison should condemn Trump, 28% said that he should not condemn, and 14% were unsure of what to do.
(Screenshot from the British newspaper The Guardian)
However, even under such public pressure, Morrison still did not directly attack Trump.
According to the Sydney Morning Herald in Australia, when Morrison, who returned from vacation, was interviewed by australian media on Monday, he still did not directly criticize Trump by name, but said as if playing a word game, "Those who encourage people to go to the Parliament house and make that kind of words and deeds are very, very disappointing."
When asked by the Australian media who interviewed him whether he was saying that Trump's words and deeds were disappointing, Morrison's response was still rather ambiguous, saying only: "I echo the remarks of other leaders on this matter, and I think it is very disappointing that things will develop to this stage." ”
He even added that he "doesn't think he should teach others what to do."
(Screenshot from the Sydney Morning Herald report)
As you can imagine, his response once again angered many Australian netizens. As shown in the picture below, some people angrily exclaimed: "Our prime minister is such a strange thing that has no seeds."
Others imitated his tone and said sarcastically: I think it is disappointing that Australia can have such a leader.
"Prime Minister Morrison: Very disappointed; Deputy Prime Minister McCormack: Unfortunately – this is what the (Australian) leader thinks about political violence in the United States," one Australian netizen wrote.
Some Australian netizens also pointed out that although Morrison said that "he should not educate others on what to do" in matters involving Trump, at a press conference last year, he had been mad at an Australian Broadcasting Corporation reporter and taught the other party, just because the reporter had been asking a question he did not like.
(Pictured is a scene of Morrison teaching reporters at a press conference last year.)
For our Chinese, Morrison's statement is even more hilarious. After all, a large number of public reports show that he is not only quite direct and proactive in matters involving China, but can even be said to be radical.
For example, in addition to expressing Australia's willingness to cooperate with the TRUMP administration in the United States to launch a "coronavirus investigation" into China last year, Morrison has aggressively demanded that a Chinese painter apologize to Australia for truthfully drawing a satirical illustration of the massacre of Afghan civilians by Australian soldiers.
It is estimated that the painter will now have new creative materials.......
Source: Global Times