[Claire Halliday]

So Donald Trump Jr. has cancelled his planned Australian tour.
The reason? The late issuing of his visa.
He was due to speak in Sydney, Melbourne and Brisbane between 9 and 11 July as part of a “Trump Live” tour.
But the organisers, Turning Point Australia, released a statement to announce the tour’s cancellation on Wednesday, and blamed the pesky visa issue.
Given that I didn’t even know he was coming our way, I am personally not too gutted by the news.
Minister for Home Affairs and Cyber Security Clare O’Neil clearly is not a huge fan either and branded Donald Trump Jr a “big baby who isn’t very popular”.
That’s what the minister tweeted (and the tweets are now deleted!) when she suggested that his tour cancellation had zero to do with any Australian Government action related to a visa. Her suggestion was that Donald Jr. simply didn’t sell the tickets needed to make his visit to Australian shores viable.
Will we ever know the truth?

Did you have a ticket to see Donald Trump Jr speaking? If so, what were you looking forward to? Do you think it was a case of a via error, or he just didn’t pull a crowd? Share your thoughts in comments below.

[David Ryder]

The organisers of his tour are playing this visa issue for the publicity.
They was no delay with his visa which reportedly came through in the usual time it takes although maybe he expected special treatment to get it faster.
I also doubt the claims from the promotors that ticket sales had gone well.

[Claire Halliday]

Yes. I tend to agree with your assessment, David!

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