You are in Australia. That why its matters. I'm in America been here all my life. You are trying to talk while on the outside looking in. As Warren G said it many years ago "You Don't see what I see" And you never will.
You don't have to live in the United States to learn about its current state of affairs. If he has access to the internet, then he has access to the same information as you and I.
Do you work for the US government? CIA/FBI? Because if you don't, then "You don't see what [they] see." And you never will. So whether you live here or not is completely irrelevant.
you dont have to be from america to watch the news or pick up a book, alotta people in other countries know more history/facts about america than americans do