☮ ♥ ♬ 🧑💻<p>2025 “He didn’t come during his first term as president, but American presidents will always be welcome here, as are other international visitors.” — Australian PM</p><p>VS </p><p>1966 “Outside Melbourne Town Hall, a carefully prepared civic welcome was swept aside in a minute. Civic dignitaries and their wives were crushed, bruised and pummeled by surging people.</p><p>Fist <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/fights" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>fights</span></a> broke out, and police, soldiers and American security men fought desperately, but vainly to keep the frenzied crowd clear of the President.</p><p>A number of people <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/fainted" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>fainted</span></a> but the crush was so great they could not collapse underfoot…. Plastic bags of paint were <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/thrown" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>thrown</span></a> at the President's car as it pulled slowly away from <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/ElmTree" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ElmTree</span></a> House. A bag burst over the windscreen and the canopy, splattering paint over three of the President's security guards.</p><p>The President's comment was: "I guess he just couldn't stand the size of that turnout." — referring to the size of his car.”</p><p>The “Bubble top” was down. </p><p><a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/AnthonyAlbanese" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AnthonyAlbanese</span></a> / <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/labor" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>labor</span></a> / <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/AustralianLaborParty" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AustralianLaborParty</span></a> / <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/LBJ" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LBJ</span></a> / <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/Vietnam" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Vietnam</span></a> <<a href="https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/live/2025/mar/26/australia-politics-live-budget-reaction-chalmers-labor-coalition-election-us-trump-ntwnfb?CMP=share_btn_url&page=with%3Ablock-67e396028f08134b916f2759#block-67e396028f08134b916f2759" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">theguardian.com/australia-news</span><span class="invisible">/live/2025/mar/26/australia-politics-live-budget-reaction-chalmers-labor-coalition-election-us-trump-ntwnfb?CMP=share_btn_url&page=with%3Ablock-67e396028f08134b916f2759#block-67e396028f08134b916f2759</span></a>> / <<a href="https://archive.md/9V8vF" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">archive.md/9V8vF</span><span class="invisible"></span></a>> / <<a href="https://www.theage.com.au/national/victoria/from-the-archives-1966-melbourne-goes-wild-for-president-lyndon-johnson-20191018-p531yz.html" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">theage.com.au/national/victori</span><span class="invisible">a/from-the-archives-1966-melbourne-goes-wild-for-president-lyndon-johnson-20191018-p531yz.html</span></a>> (paywall)</p>