A brief thread:
In Feb. 2017, I wrote a story about Trump’s disastrous first phone call with the Australian prime minister.
That story led to a sort of pen-pal exchange with an Australian citizen that has continued to this day.
washingtonpost.com/world/national…
In Feb. 2017, I wrote a story about Trump’s disastrous first phone call with the Australian prime minister.
That story led to a sort of pen-pal exchange with an Australian citizen that has continued to this day.
washingtonpost.com/world/national…
2) In his first message to me, he wrote about how upsetting it was to see an American president be so abusive toward such a staunch ally. 
3) I hadn’t heard from Peter for a while until this week, when a new email arrived with the subject line: “US Not Alone.”
He wrote that he and his wife had been touring Queensland in their campervan and met many other Australians equally anxious about American’s fate.
He wrote that he and his wife had been touring Queensland in their campervan and met many other Australians equally anxious about American’s fate.
4) It reminded me that what happens here matters to many millions of people beyond our borders. Perhaps moreso than any other country in the world.
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