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Four weird moments from the Trump-Starmer meeting – and what they can teach Albanese

With talk of “a true friend in the Oval Office” and praise for a “hard-working” Starmer, the optics of the meeting were warm. But there were awkward moments.

  • Michael Koziol

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Trump has sent a wrecking ball through old alliances. The implications for Australia are severe

In a world where Donald Trump doesn’t appear to know what AUKUS is, Australia can no longer rely on decades of friendship and shared values.

  • David Crowe
The AI-generated video of “Trump Gaza” may be a fantasy, but the president’s platform approves.

When we look at Gaza, we see a human catastrophe. Trump sees The White Lotus

Even Trump’s supporters are recoiling at the video posted on his Truth Social platform.

  • Bill Wyman
Elon Musk addresses Donald Trump’s first cabinet meeting at the White House.

‘Tech Support’: Musk holds court in Trump’s first cabinet meeting

The president ceded the floor to the billionaire, while also flagging another tariff target, saying the EU was formed “to screw the United States”.

  • Michael Koziol

Trump ‘floods the zone’ with bizarre AI video of future Gaza where he is king

The short video, deemed repugnant even by his own supporters, depicts a glittery riviera complete with a shirtless Trump sipping cocktails with Benjamin Netanyahu.

  • Michael Koziol

Lawyers, warrants, sermons: How churches became the final frontier in Trump’s deportation plan

President Donald Trump’s threat to deport millions of undocumented immigrants has US religious institutions on high alert.

  • Liz Gooch
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Treasurer Jim Chalmers, US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent, director of Trump’s National Economic Council Kevin Hassett and US Ambassador Kevin Rudd in Washington DC, where they discussed trade and tariffs.

‘Trump’s call’: Australia’s diplomatic assault over tariffs hits roadblock

Kevin Rudd put on a breakfast spread for Treasurer Jim Chalmers and his US counterpart in Washington. But the key decision-maker was missing.

  • Michael Koziol
US President Donald Trump and Australian Treasurer Jim Chalmers, who is in the US for talks.

Trump aide’s fresh attack on tech taxes ahead of Australian trade summit

Treasurer Jim Chalmers is set to meet his US counterpart, Scott Bessent, along with the director of President Donald Trump’s National Economic Council, Kevin Hassett, in Washington.

  • Michael Koziol
Emmanuel Macron and Donald Trump.

Tense moment as Macron corrects Trump on Ukraine funding at Oval Office meeting

The meeting came as the US sided with Russia, North Korea and Israel to oppose a UN resolution condemning Russia as the instigator of the war in Ukraine.

  • Michael Koziol
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Australia wedged by Chinese aggression and Trump’s degression

Exposed to a hostile China on trade and a buccaneering US on security, our complacency has left us near-naked.

  • Peter Hartcher

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