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Joe Kelly is the National Affairs Editor. He joined The Australian in 2008 and since 2010 has worked in the parliamentary press gallery, most recently as Canberra Bureau chief.

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US President Donald Trump gestures at the at the end of an event to mark his 100th Day in office achievement speech at Macomb County Community College Sports Expo Center in Warren, Michigan, on April 29, 2025. (Photo by JEFF KOWALSKY / AFP)

Trump breaks all the rules for US leadership

In his first 100 days in power Donald Trump has set about dismantling the post-WWII global order, but the President no longer believes it is America’s job to offer an alternative.

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CommentaryWorld

Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney addresses supporters at his campaign headquarters on election night in Ottawa, Ontario, Tuesday, April 29, 2025. (Nathan Denette/The Canadian Press via AP)

Carney wins, but faces a long and challenging road ahead

Donald Trump has handed Mark Carney victory in the Canadian election, but the newly elected Prime Minister faces huge challenges in standing up to the political agenda in Washington.

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100 days of TrumpWorld

US President Donald Trump speaks to journalists about TikTok as he signs executive orders in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, DC, on January 20, 2025. Picture: NewsWire / Jim WATSON / POOL / AFP

Trump: I run America ‘and the world’

In an interview with The Atlantic, Donald Trump says his second term will allow him a chance to shatter democratic norms and pursue his tariff agenda, but isn’t considering a third term.

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COMMENTARYWorld

A victory for Carney will be seen as a win engineered by Trump himself.

Lessons for the right if Carney shows he can

A victory for Mark Carney in the Canadian election would highlight the dangers and new challenges for conservative parties around the world.

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COMMENTARYUS Politics

President Donald Trump speaks as he signs executive orders in the Oval Office of the White House Wednesday, April 9, 2025, in Washington. (Pool via AP)

Whiplash reveals the king of chaos

Donald Trump’s 90-day pause on reciprocal tariffs reveals a White House in policy chaos and a president who can’t make up his mind.

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defence pact concernsDefence

Democratic Senator for Virginia Tim Kaine warned that 35 per cent of steel and aluminium used in US ships came from “trusted partners like Europe, England and Canada.”

Tariffs ‘risk damaging AUKUS with more expensive subs’

With 35 per cent of the aluminium and steel needed for the submarines coming from Canada and the EU, Australia is warned the US could face difficulties bringing them in on time and on budget.

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Trump’s Trade WarWorld

US Trade Representative Jamieson Greer testifies before the Senate Finance Committee, and US President Donald Trump speaks at the National Republican Congressional Committee's 'President's Dinner'. Pictures: AP, AFP

Adviser blasts Australia as Trump targets medicines

US trade representative Jamieson Greer has lashed out at Australian non-tariff trade barriers as Donald Trump pushed ahead with tariffs on China and flagged pharmaceuticals were next.

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Trade War escalatesWorld

(FILES) This file picture taken on November 9, 2017, shows US President Donald Trump (L) and China's President Xi Jinping leaving a business leaders event at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing. - Trump on December 14, 2018, said a major US-China trade deal could emerge in the near future, saying that China's position has been weakened by the economic impact of the tariffs war.

White Houses insists: Beijing wants a deal over 50pc tariff

After China said it would ‘fight to the end’ over threats of 115 per cent on Chinese goods, the White House said if Xi Jinping made contact, the President would be ‘incredibly generous.’

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commentaryWorld

President Donald Trump waves as he arrives at the White House on Marine One, Sunday, April 6, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)

Trapped amid the market carnage

Every sign is that Donald Trump’s tariff policy will not work and instead inflict grave damage on the US economy and the world.

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ExclusiveWorld

Space Centre Australia non-executive chair, Scott Morrison, and company chief executive and co-founder, James Palmer at Wallops Range, Virginia, USA., A new agreement between Space Centre Australia and NASA for a “horizontal launch capability” is being framed by the company as a key step towards the opening of a major international space port in Cape York

NASA deal a step towards Cape York space port

An agreement between Space Centre Australia and NASA could see satellites launched into space from RAAF transport planes in a key step towards an international space port in Cape York.

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