Hooray for common sense.
The immediate and deliberate ignorance over this is obviously politically based due to their being so little downside doing the deal for the nation.
Everyone knows this type of deal must have been on ongoing discussion for months.
Everyone knows that this deal may have simply been made on a not so bizzarre assumption that the same administration would be re-elected with a different president. They coulndnt negotiate it with Trump could they ?
Everyone knows the president elect has opposing views and he may shoot it down. Should we also suspend trade deals with other nations simply because every country has elections at some point down the track ?
Everyone knows this could have simply been Obama trying to act self righteous and rush thru a few legacy items...in the hope noone recalls that he deported more refugees and migrants than any other president in history.
We should say no to the deal on offer ? They cant....it is actually terrific news. Do we even have the ability to recognise good news on this issue ?
Do some of us hope they somehow fail ? Of course but who cares about them.
It obviouslly shits some people that any government might actually deliver a result that is palatable on this, and be left having to recognise a decent job fixing something we were childish enough to create to our detriment.
Trump winning was a surprise to every govt in the world...but if the deal is still on the table it doesnt matter why or how...you take the deal and ANNOUNCE IT...FAST. Announce it to the world, and then argue your case later with the new guy.
It is of course risky for Turnbull because he can end up looking silly....but we damn well take the deal regardless of whether something MIGHT change later on and be reversed. We cant avoid deals on "Might" or "What if"...or we'd never do anything.
We commit the old administration to it during this caretaker period, then worry about schmoozing the new bloke later on. We can always compromise later, we can even throw some spanish doubloons in the treasure chest later.
I fail to see any reason how anyone could possibly see a downside in committing to the deal NOW and especially ANNOUNCING it...unless of course it is based purely on their personal political leaning.
For the nation...there is no downside doing the deal and announcing it.
For Turnbull....there IS huge downside potential if it doesnt eventuate.
As a PM he is doing the right thing putting the nations interest and the interests of the people in detention first. Of course he knows he runs a personal politcial risk if it falls thru.
Like anything...when there is no downside risk FOR THE NATION in doing the deal...you do it, and worry about the politics later.
Everyone should ask themselves a simple question with this....if you had this deal in the wings, would you reject it simply because Trump may reverse it ?
Turnbull has announced it. That in itself now means Trump would at least need to spend his own political capital pissing off a friend and ally. If he does reverse it...bugger it...but there's no downside except for egg throwing at the Prime Minister.
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