Donald Trump Jr’s Australia Tour ‘Postponed’
Image: Donald Trump Jr. Image: Facebook
Days before Donald Trump Jr was scheduled to embark on his speaking tour in Australia, the tour promoter announced that it had been ‘postponed’.
The speaking tour featuring the son of former US President Donald Trump was scheduled to start in Sydney on July 9, before travelling to Brisbane and Melbourne. The tour also included Nigel Farage, former Brexit Party leader and South Australian Liberal senator Alex Antic as special guests.
Tickets for the events ranged from $89 to $295 for a meet-and-greet package and up to $2,500 for a private dinner with Trump Jr.
The tour promoter Turning Point announced that the tour was being postponed due to “unforeseen circumstances”.
“Ticket holders are urged to hold onto their tickets, with details of the rescheduled date to be confirmed in the coming days.”
There were no details about the reason for the tour being postponed. In a cryptic post on its Facebook page, Turning Point said: “It seems America isn’t the only country that makes it difficult for the Trumps.”
Calls For Ban On Donald Trump Jr
Over 22,000 people had signed a change.org petition calling on the Australian government to deny Trump Jr a visa. “Donald Trump Jr is an illegal drug-taking bigoted person who should not be allowed to enter Australia for the purpose of earning himself and possibly his father any “Campaign Contributions,” the petition said.
Campaign Against Racism and Fascism (CARF) had announced that they would protest the tour in Melbourne. “(Donald Trump Jr) is been invited by local far-right groups who want to use this disgusting creep to promote racism, misogyny and bigotry,” said CARF.
“Trump Jr is carrying on his father’s project of whipping up an anti-migrant and anti-trans far-right movement. Trump Jr is an aggressive campaigner against ‘woke gender ideology’ and ‘cultural Marxism’. His goal is to build a far-right movement that attacks the rights of women, migrants and the LGBT community,” the organisation said.
A History Of Anti-Trans Statements
Trump Jr has a history of making anti-LGBTQI statements. According to GLAAD, Trump Jr was “cut off from a Fox News broadcast as a result of an expletive-laden attack on transgender women and girls participating in sports.”
GLAAD said that In his book Triggered: How the Left Thrives on Hate and Wants to Silence Us, Trump Jr wrote that “trans inclusion in sports does “a disservice to all the hardworking young women who have fought to get to where they are” and results in “lost scholarships” and “a safety issue” for cisgender women. Trans women do not pose any risk to other women.”
He also mocked trans persons at a campaign stop in Michigan.
Trump Jr’s special guest Liberal Senator Antic previously courted controversy for using the “grooming” slur against an ABC showfeaturing drag performer Courtney Act.
In February 2023, Senator Antic wrongly claimed at Senate estimates that a show with “sexualised content and adult themes” hosted by out gay comic Josh Thomas was broadcast on ABC Kids. In March 2023, Antic wanted parents, teachers and students to “blow the whistle” on “woke” curriculum being taught in schools.
In May 2023, at Senate estimates, Antic wanted to know if the Australian Security Intelligence Organisation was concerned about what he called “violent trans activism” in the country.
He postponed because he couldn”t sell to a large audience! Thank heavens we dont support RWNJs like him, his family & his father’s followers.
If you aren’t woke, then you are also don’t care about righting the injustices minorities are faced with… Such as your own, being part of the gay community.
Conservatives have and continue to hurt you and people like you.
Let’s all be mindful that even though we in Australia don’t have a federal right to free speech under law, it is none the less extremely important to provide platforms to ALL opinions, ALL perspectives and ALL standpoints regardless of if we agree or not.
It is the diversity of opinion(s) that throughout time has led us up to this point, everything good and everything bad included.
“When men differ in opinion, both sides ought equally to have the advantage of being heard by the public; when Truth and Error have fair play, the former is always an overmatch for the latter.”
– Benjamin Franklin
If we truely want diversity and equity then we must be tolerant, open, accepting of all views. As a group let’s temper our own fears and centre ourselves, let us practice the acceptance that we preach.
Lets hope for a Biden administration for 2024 in the U.S.A, and a LABOUR part majority for Australia in the next election.
Love is Love
Another disgraceful move by the LGBT community who do not have any consideration for those of us who sometimes don’t agree with the actions of the minority.
What about us who are Gay and have a Conservative view politically and not fall into the catagory of the left WOKE system of those who are Gay banning anything conservative.