Cut US ties? Alliance slams Trump threats
Donald Trump’s latest social media meltdown isn’t just embarrassing — it’s geopolitically dangerous. And now the Alliance Party is asking the question most of Parliament refuses to: why is New Zealand still tied militarily and through Five Eyes to a superpower lurching from one threat of war to the next?
Alliance Party Leader Victor Billot today called for New Zealand to formally terminate its military and intelligence dependency on the United States, following a series of unhinged and “dangerously incoherent social media threats from U.S. President Donald Trump against Iran.
In a recent social media post, President Trump threatened a “Power Plant Day” and “Bridge Day” in Iran, in a profanity laden outburst demanding the reopening of the Strait of Hormuz.
Billot says when the President of the United States begins announcing ‘Power Plant Days’ we are witnessing a threat of mass destruction of civilian infrastructure.
When Trump spirals, why is New Zealand still tied to him?
“Any nation that remains silent is complicit in a war crime.”
Billot says that this also has a very direct effect on New Zealand.
“Every time Trump opens his mouth, everyday New Zealanders will see the cost-of-living surge and their KiwiSaver sink.”
“We must be very clear about this: backing the lunacy of Trump will see families pushed to the economic breaking point, businesses shut, and the very real possibility of New Zealand running out of fuel as international stocks dwindle.”
He says there is both a moral and a pragmatic case to cut ties with the Trump administration.
“If we continue to remain inside the Five Eyes and maintain these ANZUS-era vestiges, we aren’t protecting New Zealand, we are painting a target on our own backs.”
We’ve seen this movie before — and it never ends well
Mr Billot says New Zealand should learn from history.
“In Afghanistan, the Taliban are back in power after two decades of Western occupation and an enormous human cost for absolutely nothing.”
“Meanwhile, nations like Vietnam and China, once the bogeymen of the Cold War, are now our major trading partners and even holiday destinations. We see National Party MPs with financial interests in the countries the same National Party a few decades ago sent bombs and soldiers to.”
The Alliance Party is calling for a radical reset of New Zealand’s foreign policy, proposing a transition to a status of principled neutrality and internationalism.
“New Zealand should be a non-aligned, peaceful nation,” says Billot.
As the 2026 General Election approaches, Billot notes that the major parties remain locked into “bipartisan subservience” to the United States.
“The Alliance is offering a clear break from this corrupt and dangerous consensus. We must move towards independent and principled nationhood and work for peace and common prosperity.”
Why is it NZ’s minor parties ask the hard questions, while the larger ones sit on their hands and watch? Thx Alliance as it’s a Q all caring, thinking Kiwis s/be asking. I despise the USA in its current format, run by a ‘raving lunatic’ who calls others ‘lunatics!’ – so funny if it wasn’t tragic. Now he’s parading his vacuous wife as if that’s going to make him look “normal” – way too late for that. I guess by tomorrow we will see what he has done to Iran – AT HIS PERIL. Luxon and Willis will keep their heads safely in the sand. Maybe time for a referendum this election.