Peter Gresham

A proud Australian, with a home in the beautiful Adelaide Hills, South Australia. Working in Doha, Qatar. Right on some things, Left on others.

[Peter Gresham @PeterGresham]

@peaceitw @4mambo Agree. Entitlement based on community contributions is a good system. No more sponging for life having never worked. Exception for citizens who are physically disabled of course. 👍 good idea.

[Peter Gresham @PeterGresham]

@gt65dusk @FredPawle @4mambo Travel. You might learn something.

[Peter Gresham @PeterGresham]

@salltweets @DoNoHarm79 Narcissistic people who believe they are superior to others always need a common organisation to validate their delusions.

[Peter Gresham @PeterGresham]

11 Border security and immigration enforcement: Achieved negative net migration in 2025 (first in 50 years), record-low southern border crossings (down ~92-96% year-over-year), and increased deportations/self-deportations (over 2.6 million). This is linked to reduced strain on public services, lower fentanyl trafficking, and enhanced community safety.

12. Tax cuts and relief via the One Big Beautiful Bill (2025): Made 2017 tax cuts permanent, added “no tax on tips,” senior deductions, Trump Accounts, and other provisions. Supporters claim this boosted take-home pay (up to thousands per family) and supported working Americans.

13. 2nd term Private-sector job creation and labor market focus: Added hundreds of thousands of private-sector jobs (e.g., 654,000 cited in one-year summaries), with emphasis on native-born employment gains. Deregulation and investment confidence contributed to wage growth outpacing inflation in key reports.

14. Lower energy prices: Drove gas prices to the lowest in nearly five years (below $3/gallon in many states, under $2 in some) through expanded production and policy shifts, reducing household costs and supporting broader economic activity.

15. Prescription drug pricing reforms: Advanced “most-favored-nation” pricing and related executive actions to lower drug costs, with claims of plummeting prices and better access to affordable healthcare for patients.

16. Housing affordability initiatives: Executive orders to restrict large institutional investors from buying single-family homes, streamline permitting, reduce regulatory barriers to construction, and promote mortgage credit access—aimed at helping families buy homes.

17. Crime reduction: Delivered one of the largest one-year drops in homicides through federal crackdowns and policy changes, improving public safety in communities.

18. Retirement savings expansion: Promoted https://t.co/72RAoSM64L and policies to increase access to portable, low-cost IRAs for workers without employer plans, including Saver’s Match enhancements for broader financial security. https://t.co/UyM3ypnMvr

19. Government efficiency and bureaucracy reduction: DOGE-related workforce optimizations, hiring freezes, and cuts reduced federal spending waste, with rescissions saving billions—framed as lowering taxpayer burden and improving service efficiency. https://t.co/xE2FVZDXhK

20. Reshoring investments and manufacturing focus: Secured trillions in announced investments, supporting factory openings, energy production records, and supply chain resilience, which backers link to long-term job stability and economic strength.

[Peter Gresham @PeterGresham]

1Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (2017): Signed historic tax reform lowering corporate rates from 35% to 21%, doubling the standard deduction, and expanding the child tax credit. Pre-COVID, this correlated with middle-class family income rising nearly $6,000 (more than five times the prior administration’s gains) and broad income growth across metro areas.

2Record-low unemployment: Policies and a strong pre-COVID economy drove the overall unemployment rate to 3.5% (lowest in 50 years), with Black, Hispanic, and Asian-American unemployment hitting record lows. Nearly 7 million new jobs were added before the pandemic, and more Americans were employed than ever (~160 million).

3Criminal justice reform via the First Step Act (2018): Bipartisan legislation that reduced certain mandatory minimum sentences, expanded rehabilitation programs, and retroactively applied fair sentencing changes for crack cocaine offenses. It aimed to lower recidivism and helped thousands of federal inmates, promoting second-chance hiring.

4Energy production and independence: Expanded domestic drilling, pipelines, and deregulation led to record U.S. oil and natural gas production, contributing to lower energy prices for consumers and reduced reliance on foreign oil. This supported manufacturing and household budgets pre-COVID.

5Opportunity Zones: Part of the 2017 tax bill, this incentivized private investment in economically distressed communities, spurring development, job creation, and capital flow into underserved areas.

6Opioid crisis response: Reduced opioid prescriptions, expanded access to treatment and Naloxone, launched https://t.co/Yku4bDyNmQ, and saw the first nationwide drop in drug overdose deaths in nearly 30 years (2018). Distributed grants and supported recovery for affected families.

7Veterans’ healthcare improvements: Expanded VA Choice allowing veterans to see private doctors faster, addressed wait-time issues, and improved telehealth access, helping millions of veterans receive timelier care.

8Trade deals like USMCA: Replaced NAFTA with the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement, which included stronger labor, environmental, and digital trade provisions, aiming to protect American workers and manufacturing jobs.

9Poverty reduction: Pre-COVID, the overall poverty rate fell to a 17-year low (11.8%), with record lows for Black and Hispanic Americans, linked to job growth and wage gains (especially for lower-income and blue-collar workers). Millions were lifted off food stamps.

10Deregulation efforts: Rolled back thousands of regulations on businesses, contributing to faster economic growth (e.g., 4.2% GDP in one quarter) and job creation in sectors like manufacturing and construction before the pandemic. Early second-term actions continued this trend with reported private-sector job gains.

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[BroBro🇦🇺🏇🏻 @realRick_AUS]

Jacinta Allan’s government rushed in new donation laws in the early hours of this morning,

Restricting political party donations for every political party to stop “outside influence”

But, guess who is exempt from these new laws?

The unions.

They are fucking corrupt as hell.

[Pauline Hanson 🇦🇺 @PaulineHansonOz]

One Nation makes no apologies for prioritising Australians first.

If you are a temporary visa holder or a foreign citizen residing overseas, One Nation will give you two years to sell their property to an Australian.

One Nation would remove the ability for international students, non-permanent residents, and non-Australian citizens from buying future property within Australia.

[Peter Gresham @PeterGresham]

@SeanConwayACT @NChvastek @SirMickW You are explaining concepts way above the level of economic literacy on display here. Let them live in ignorance and believe Labor has done something positive.

[Peter Gresham @PeterGresham]

@teslapiggy1 @ausstockchick They would need to build their own power station. But they’re quite capable of doing that.

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@teslapiggy1 @ausstockchick BYD production lines are worker free zones. No employees in the factory.

[China4Tech🌏 @China4Tech]

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[Captain Scarlett 🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🫡 @RobCharltir5]

@davidicke

[Peter Gresham @PeterGresham]

There may be cheating, but the OP didn’t even do a basic BS check.

Actual results show roughly 525,000 total votes counted so far: Bass at ~184k (35%), Pratt at ~157k (30%), with LA city registered voters around 2 million—not 23 million, which approximates California’s statewide total.

[Peter Gresham @PeterGresham]

@TerryCorby57986 @WriteWithDave @abcnews Hopefully the brainwashing you’ve copped thanks to the ABC will fade and you will be able to grasp reality.

[THE Q STORM @e3z9b_qI1ytkw]

I used to believe that Donald Trump was simply an exceptional president.

But then, I watched in real time as the Mainstream Media (mainstream media), the FBI, intelligence agencies, the CIA, Big Tech, and the entire Washington establishment joined forces in an unprecedented campaign to destroy a single man.

The numerous lawsuits, the two impeachments, the endless hoaxes including the Russia one, the Mar-a-Lago raid, the gag orders, the efforts to remove him from the ballot, the attempts to bankrupt him and throw him in prison... all of that was aimed at preventing him from returning to power. Two attempts on his life followed.

With 92% of media coverage being negative toward him while 78% of that for Kamala was positive, he managed to secure a convincing victory in the last election. How do you explain that?

That's when it became undeniable for me: no one faces this level of coordinated and hysterical opposition unless they represent a true existential threat to the system... The system we all know is corrupt and broken. Ordinary politicians don't trigger this kind of coordinated panic.

At that moment, I stopped thinking of him as a great president.

He is the greatest of all time.

[Peter Gresham @PeterGresham]

@magataotao Being left is a flag for someone who is mentally unstable.

[Peter Gresham @PeterGresham]

@abcnews Aren’t you meant to be on Bluesky like the other retards?

[Peter Gresham @PeterGresham]

@MandaFSC @michaelJwyllie 🎯

[Peter Gresham @PeterGresham]

@saecky3 @TheAdorablePups When it comes to Foxies, there is no ‘too big’ 😂

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@DefiantLs @IfindRetards No.. no, he must have been talking to me!

[Ryan Dally @Ryandally08]

#BREAKING Jacob Hersant speaks to the waiting media after he was convicted and fined for booing a "welcome to country" on Anzac Day last year.

Anzac Day belongs to our veterans, not political activists pushing a "Welcome to Country”

Jacob Hersant is right to stand up against this.

Booing a political ritual on our most sacred day of remembrance shouldn't be a crime.

We must stop letting being politically correct overshadow the memory and sacrifice of the Anzacs.