(Western) Samoa is now independent of New Zealand. This is payback. American Samoa-same people just a few miles apart. Why would one people stick it to the kiwis while the other sticks with us? We were colonized by the same people once. It’s American welfare. We should cut loose our Samoa and let them make their own teal with the Chicoms who ha a billion+ people to feed. They do like fish btw.
Samoans are great folks. know many. and given our current gov’t’s record on supporting our allies, i don’t blame them (the independent Samoa, not American) for playing the CCP. in fact, it’s probably, smart diplomacy for them.
New Zealand never had Samoa ..
They had Fiji and the Cook islands at one time ...