Last Post: Trump’s F-bomb has become a damp squib

Judging by the frequency with which it is used in US and British TV dramas these days, Donald Trump’s so-called F-bomb has become a damp squib.

Phil Harrison, Narrawallee, NSW

NATO’s secretary-general, Mark Rutte, has referred to Trump as ‘daddy’ over his handling of the Middle East crisis. It really is a world gone mad.

Penni Seignior, Mudgeeraba, Qld

It’s entirely feasible that Donald Trump could win the Nobel Peace Prize for dropping bunker-busters on Iran. After all, the Nobels themselves were named after someone who invented a better way of blowing things up.

Trevor Farrant, Hackney, SA

The government’s failure to maintain the close alliance Australia has enjoyed with the US over many decades, and its refusal to increase defence expenditure deserve outright condemnation. The Australian people rightfully expect their government to provide sufficient means to defend them against any foreign threat.

Frank Reade, Macquarie, ACT

It may be hypothetical but can anyone imagine a US president Kamala Harris whipping Iran and bringing 31 democratic nations to heel six months into the job (“Trump’s NATO mission: make them pay”, 26/6)?

Kim Keogh, Claremont, WA

A good way to get Anthony Albanese to put more money into defence is to create the “NATO Defence Insurance Scheme” or NDIS.

Paul Haege, Darling Pt, NSW

Liberal leader Sussan Ley’s address on Wednesday to the National Press Club only reinforced the feeling that she is not the leader to revive the Liberal Party to its former position of political influence.

Peter Jamieson, Carrara, Qld

Oh Johannes Leak, you have done it again with your Thursday cartoon. I could not stop laughing on at that size of Donald Trump’s swear jar stuffed with money compared with Anthony Albanese’s defence jar and its emptiness.

Susan McLochlan, Caboolture South, Qld

It will be interesting to see how this issue of the sacked street sweeper will pan out (“Wrong to sack street sweeper who baulked at Country practice on repeat”, 26/6). My experience, when I was asked to propose a toast at a former school students’ lunch and told the organisers that “Sorry, I don’t do ‘acknowledgement of country’ ”, was that they negated it by having someone else do the “acknowledgment”.

Michael Afaras, Henley, NSW