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Trump rattles US alliance cages again

Canberra should reach out to Donald Trump not with gold-plated AUKUS submarine models but by restating why Australia’s defence matters to American security.

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Last weekend Donald Trump reminded supporters in South Carolina of comments that he had once made to an unidentified NATO member.

Not only that he would withhold American military protection in the event of an attack from Russia, but that he’d “encourage” Moscow “to do whatever the hell they want” to Washington’s NATO allies in Europe.

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