It took Luxon 72 hours to turn down Trump’s Board of Peace poisoned chalice

Well, at least we now know that our PM has enough basic self protection skills not to take poisoned chalices…

New Zealand declines Donald Trump’s invite to join Gaza ‘Board of Peace’

The Government has declined US President Donald Trump’s invitation for New Zealand to join his “Board of Peace”, which is set to effectively run Gaza.

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…why it took them 72 hours to say, ‘no thanks, I do not want to put my hand on an open stove element on high’, is a question worth asking but let’s just take the tiny wins where we can get them.

The idea that we would agree to Trump’s insane plan was concerning enough so we can accept it took about 71 hours too long to say no.

We have finally seen where the bootlicking extremes of Luxon and Winston are, and it’s a Billion dollar price tag to confiscate land from Palestinians for property speculation.

Good to know what their red lines are.