Major blowback from Obama's insult to Australia at the G20 in Brisbane

Barack Obama has managed to damage the formerly close relationship between the United States and Australia, a cornerstone of our presence in the Pacific. Obama stuck his nose in Australian domestic politics and insulted that ally during his closing remarks at the G20 Summit in Brisbane last week.. Senior Queensland government MPs are so angry at Mr Obama’s remarks about the Great Barrier Reef and his attack on coal production in a resources state that they are considering a formal complaint.

Australia’s most widely-read poltical blogger, columnist, and television commentator, Andrew Bolt, writes in the Melbourne Herald-Sun: ... "and Barack Obama could be further punished for his pathetic politicking by Australia now joining China’s regional infrastructure bank...

Much, much worse than the verbal spat, Australia is being pushed into the waiting hands of China, eager to buy more of Australia’s vast natural resources, including coal... Australia is now contemplating a major step, pulling it away from the US and toward China:

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