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Week of 8 Jun 2026
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Luxon War Hawk Stance

1 items · 1 aliases · peaked week of 26 Apr 2026 · first seen 9 May 2026

The podcast explores allegations that Christopher Luxon is a war hawk favoring Donald Trump, examines the controversy surrounding Winston Peters' leaked email and its implications for political trust, and critiques National Party actions, including the ban on Maiki Sherman, as a沽

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  • i i think i i do think this is this is winston going yep i'm i'm more prime ministerial than this this guy i've got better judgment than this guy as as far as Him charting New Zealand's course through this, yes, I would absolutely want a government that was going to be stronger in condemning what America did. But when he's handling a prime minister whose previous words about... you know the international rules-based order and New Zealand's place in it is really important and then at the first opportunity goes well actually it's fucking go time let's let's get behind the big dog It just shows what a hypocrite Luxon is. And this is one time that I will be glad of Winston being a capricious handbrake on everything. Is that this case, his choice to do the wishy-washy middle ground. It's the right choice in this particular instance.
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