The Pentagon’s AUKUS sceptic is ‘pissing everybody off’
Defence under-secretary Elbridge Colby’s rigid view of foreign policy, and the steps he believes the US must take, have started to ruffle some feathers in Washington.
Washington | News last month that the Pentagon was reviewing the AUKUS submarine pact came as a surprise to many in the Australian and American defence world, even if the Albanese government brushed it off as a natural step for an incoming administration.
Although the review seemingly put Australia’s $368 billion pathway to building and owning nuclear-powered submarines in to question, supporters of AUKUS took some comfort from the fact it was not an edict from US President Donald Trump himself.
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Jessica Gardner is The Australian Financial Review’s United States correspondent. She was previously deputy editor - news. Connect with Jessica on Twitter. Email Jessica at jgardner@afr.com
