{"id":1965250,"date":"2023-07-06T02:40:02","date_gmt":"2023-07-06T06:40:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/australian-minister-risks-diplomatic-incident-calling-donald-trump-jr-a-big-baby\/"},"modified":"2023-07-06T02:42:03","modified_gmt":"2023-07-06T06:42:03","slug":"australian-minister-risks-diplomatic-incident-calling-donald-trump-jr-a-big-baby","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/australian-minister-risks-diplomatic-incident-calling-donald-trump-jr-a-big-baby\/","title":{"rendered":"Australian Minister risks diplomatic incident by referring to Donald Trump Jr. as a &#8216;big baby&#8217;."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">30<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Faustralian-minister-risks-diplomatic-incident-calling-donald-trump-jr-a-big-baby%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1965250&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div class=\"post_content\">\n<div class=\"aplayer_app\" data-source=\"https:\/\/vs1.youmaker.com\/assets\/2023\/0706\/ac059545-b2d3-4a46-83bc-c9ec047d0bbe\/audio.mp3?length=4266477&#038;duration=356\"><\/div>\n<\/p>\n<p>Australia\u2019s Home Affairs Minister Clare O\u2019Neil has been admonished for a social media post calling Donald Trump Jr. a \u201cbig baby.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The Labor minister created the Twitter post a day after organisers for Mr. Trump Jr.\u2019s Australian tour <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/donald-trump-jr-s-australian-tour-postponed-after-visa-confusion_5374938.html\">postponed<\/a> the event due to visa delays, which are handled by the Home Affairs Department.<\/p>\n<p>Turning Point Australia said the visa was only received late afternoon on July 5, just 24 hours before Mr. Trump Jr. was supposed to board his flight from Sydney, according to a statement.<\/p>\n<p>Yet Ms. O\u2019Neil stood by her department\u2019s actions while criticising the former U.S. president\u2019s son.<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u201cGeez, Donald Trump Jr. is a bit of a sore loser. His dad lost an election fair and square\u2014but he says it was stolen,\u201d<\/strong> she wrote. <strong>\u201cNow he\u2019s trying to blame the Australian government for his poor ticket sales and cancelled tour.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>\u201cDonald Trump Jr has been given a visa to come to Australia. He didn\u2019t get cancelled,\u201d<\/strong> she added. <strong>\u201cHe\u2019s just a big baby, who isn\u2019t very popular.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The post was deleted hours later.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_5377477\" style=\"width: 523px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\">\n    <a href=\"https:\/\/img.theepochtimes.com\/assets\/uploads\/2023\/07\/06\/id5377477-Screenshot-2023-07-06-132647.jpg\"><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\"><noscript><\/noscript><\/figcaption><\/a><br \/>\n    Screenshot of a now-deleted Twitter post by Australian Labor Home Affairs Minister Clare O\u2019Neil criticising Donald Trump Jr. (Screenshot\/The Epoch Times)<br \/>\n  <\/figure>\n<h2>Senator Warns of Damaging US-Australia Relations<\/h2>\n<p>Opposition Senator James Paterson said O\u2019Neil\u2019s actions could spark a diplomatic incident.<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u201cLike it or not, Trump could be elected president again in less than 18 months,\u201d<\/strong> he wrote on Twitter. <strong>\u201cIf that happens, I hope for the sake of the AUKUS agreement that cabinet ministers in national security portfolios are able to restrain themselves from juvenile tweets like these.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_5377514\" style=\"width: 526px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\">\n    <a href=\"https:\/\/img.theepochtimes.com\/assets\/uploads\/2023\/07\/06\/id5377514-GettyImages-1419750895.jpg\"><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\"><noscript><\/noscript><\/figcaption><\/a><br \/>\n    Clare O\u2019Neil, Labor Minister for Home Affairs and Minister for Cyber Security, attends the jobs and skills summit at Parliament House in Canberra, Australia, on Sept. 1, 2022. (Martin Ollman\/Getty Images)<br \/>\n  <\/figure>\n<p>Discussions around AUKUS began during the Trump presidency before being officially unveiled by the current U.S. President Joe Biden. The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/australian-minister-risks-diplomatic-incident-calling-donald-trump-jr-a-big-baby\/\" title=\"Australian Minister risks diplomatic incident by referring to Donald Trump Jr. as a 'big baby'.\">trilateral deal involves major technology sharing<\/a> between the United States, Australia, and the UK and will see Australian naval forces armed with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/watch-reporter-grills-psaki-on-france-feeling-betrayed-over-deal-biden-made\/\" title=\"WATCH: Reporter Grills Psaki On France Feeling Betrayed Over Deal Biden Made\">sensitive nuclear submarine technology<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, Mr. Paterson welcomed O\u2019Neil\u2019s decision to remove her \u201cchildish tweets.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u201cThe minister should leave the woke tweets to Labor backbenchers and get back to focusing on the serious national security challenges facing Australia,\u201d<\/strong> he wrote.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">It\u2019s good to see these childish tweets have now been deleted. The Minister should leave the woke tweets to Labor backbenchers and get back to focusing on the serious national security challenges facing Australia. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/2k1zU94ij9\">pic.twitter.com\/2k1zU94ij9<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 James Paterson (@SenPaterson) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SenPaterson\/status\/1676792534671163392?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 6, 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>Federal Labor Immigration Minister Andrew Giles backed O\u2019Neil\u2019s stance that there was nothing unusual about the handling of Trump Jr.\u2019s visa.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe visa was dealt with in the normal manner. Any issue that Mr. Trump has, or his promoters have that go to the postponement of the tour is a matter entirely for them,\u201d he told reporters in Sydney on July 6.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt may, of course, be that the reason for the postponement goes to the lack of enthusiasm for ticket sales, rather than any of the issues that they\u2019ve raised,\u201d he said, continuing the Labor Party\u2019s narrative against the event.<\/p>\n<p>The Epoch Times has reached out to the U.S embassy in Australia for comment on the Home Affairs Minister\u2019s Twitter post.<\/p>\n<p>However, a volunteer for Mr. Trump Jr.\u2019s speaking tour told The Epoch Times that the event had already <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/donald-trump-jr-s-australian-tour-postponed-after-visa-confusion_5374938.html\">sold $2 million<\/a> (US$1.3 million) in tickets.<\/p>\n<p>Attendees were advised on July 5 that the event had been postponed and new dates would be announced soon.<\/p>\n<p><div class=\"morearticles\"><strong>Read More<\/strong><\/p>\n<div class=\"post_list\">\n<div class=\"article\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/donald-trump-jr-s-australian-tour-postponed-after-visa-confusion_5374938.html\">\u2018Character\u2019 Grounds: Donald Trump Jr.\u2019s Australia Tour Postponed After Visa Delay<\/a><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p>\n<p>Andrew Cooper, the main organiser for the Conservative Political Action Conference\u2014Australia, said visa delays were a common problem he faced with bringing speakers down under.<\/p>\n<p>He said similar delays occurred last year when Brexit campaigner Nigel Farage only received his visa when he was boarding his flight.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_3036889\" style=\"width: 525px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\">\n    <a href=\"https:\/\/img.theepochtimes.com\/assets\/uploads\/2019\/08\/10\/Farage-CPAC-Australia-1200x800.jpg\"><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\"><noscript><\/noscript><\/figcaption><\/a><br \/>\n    Nigel Farage at the CPAC Australia conference in Sydney, Australia, on Aug. 10, 2019. (The Epoch Times)<br \/>\n  <\/figure>\n<p>\u201c[The government] holds it back, and they delay it. So they will claim they didn\u2019t dis-approve it, but that they processed it late,\u201d Mr. Cooper previously told The Epoch Times.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe have speakers getting delayed all the time.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The Home Affairs Department informed The Epoch Times that \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/donald-trump-jr-s-australian-tour-postponed-after-visa-confusion_5374938.html\">character grounds<\/a>\u201d are taken into consideration when processing visas.<\/p>\n<h2>Labor Government Using Trump in Political Lines of Attack<\/h2>\n<p>The comments from O\u2019Neil come as other members of the Australian Labor government continue to cite the Trump presidency in their political attacks on the opposition.<\/p>\n<p>Most notably, Indigenous Minister Linda Burney has cited Trump when discrediting groups who oppose changing the Australian Constitution in an upcoming national referendum.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe \u2018No\u2019 campaign is being run by the group called Fair Australia. It is importing Trump-style politics to Australia,\u201d she told the <a href=\"https:\/\/ministers.pmc.gov.au\/burney\/2023\/national-press-club-address\">National Press Club<\/a> on July 5. \u201cIt is post-truth. And its aim is to polarise.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_5274291\" style=\"width: 525px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\">\n    <a href=\"https:\/\/img.theepochtimes.com\/assets\/uploads\/2023\/05\/18\/id5274291-GettyImages-1490515590.jpg\"><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\"><noscript><\/noscript><\/figcaption><\/a><br \/>\n    Minister for Indigenous Australians Linda Burney speaks during the NRL Indigenous Round Launch 2023 at Bare Island in Sydney, Australia, on May 16, 2023. (Matt King\/Getty Images)<br \/>\n  <\/figure>\n<p>She <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/state-dept-deputy-spox-has-history-of-anti-cop-rhetoric\/\" title=\"State Dept. Deputy Spox Has History of Anti-Cop Rhetoric\">made similar comments<\/a> a month earlier <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/minister-accuses-opponents-of-the-voice-of-trump-politics_5337033.html\">in a speech<\/a> to the Committee for Economic Development of Australia, hoping to galvanise support for the Indigenous referendum.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Australia\u2019s Home Affairs Minister Clare O\u2019Neil faced criticism for labeling Donald Trump Jr. a &#8220;big baby&#8221; on social media. 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