Joe Kelly

Joe KellyNational Affairs editor

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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TOPSHOT - Migrants wait in line hoping for processing from Customs and Border Patrol agents after groups arrived at Jacumba Hot Springs, California, after walking under intense heat from Mexico into the US on June 5, 2024. Migrants from countries such as Turkey, Jordan, Guatemala, Nicaragua, China, India and Colombia made their way on foot into the United States today before being met with by Customs and Border Patrol agents for processing. The United States will temporarily close its Mexico border to asylum seekers starting today, June 5, as President Joe Biden as tries to neutralize his political weakness on migration ahead of November's election battle with Donald Trump. The 81-year-old Democrat signed a long-awaited executive order taking effect at midnight to "gain control" of the southern frontier with Mexico, after record numbers of illegal border crossings sparked concerns among voters. (Photo by Frederic J. BROWN / AFP)

Trump tariff plan risks economic harm in US heartland

New modelling shows Donald Trump’s day-one plan to impose tariffs on Canada, Mexico and China would cost jobs and reduce economic growth, as Mexico warns of a trade war.

Joe Kelly

Nation

TOPSHOT - Former US President and Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump looks on during a town hall event at the Crown Complex in Fayetteville, North Carolina, on October 4, 2024. (Photo by Logan Cyrus / AFP)

Trade war 2.0: Trump drops tariff bombshell on China, Canada and Mexico

The US president-elect has put adversaries and allies, including Australia, on notice that he intends to deliver on his tough campaigning rhetoric regarding trade issues.

Will Glasgow, Joe Kelly and Jack Quail

AnalysisPolitics

(FILES) Former US President Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump arrives, more than 3 hours late, to a campaign rally in Traverse City, Michigan on October 25, 2024. Donald Trump's victory in the US presidential election, the continuing war in the Middle East or the Paris Olympics... are among the twelve events that marked the year 2024. (Photo by Jim WATSON / AFP)

President-elect to be muscular yet flexible

Imposing tariffs on America’s three biggest trading partners on day one shows Trump is serious about using tariffs, and any notion he was all talk and empty rhetoric on trade policy must be swiftly put to bed.

Joe Kelly

in the clearUS Politics

(FILES) (COMBO) This combination of pictures created on October 02, 2024 shows former US President and Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump during a campaign event at Discovery World in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, October 1, 2024 and Special counsel Jack Smith speaking to members of the media at the US Department of Justice building in Washington, DC, on August 1, 2023. Donald Trump's election victory not only catapults him back to the White House but grants him a reprieve from looming court battles and soaring legal bills. Special Counsel Jack Smith is already in talks with Justice Department officials about winding down the two federal cases filed against the former president, NBC News and CNN reported November 6, 2024, just hours after Trump's win. They said the move was being taken in light of the long-standing Justice Department policy that a sitting US president cannot be indicted or criminally prosecuted. (Photo by Jim WATSON and SAUL LOEB / AFP)

Special counsel Smith moves to dismiss Trump prosecutions

Jack Smith’s motion to dismiss the federal election interference case and the classified documents case acknowledges that Justice Department policy prohibits prosecuting a sitting president.

Joe Kelly

WORLD COMMENTARYCommentary

16/11/2018 Scott Bessent speaking at the Sohn Hearts and Minds Investment Conference at Haymer Hall in Melbourne. Picture : David Geraghty / The Australian.

Bessent chosen to be Trump’s Wall Street whisperer

Donald Trump has opted for stability in nominating Scott Bessent as his treasury secretary, with the appointment to reassure Wall Street after a series of shock cabinet selections

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Trump’s bumpy startWorld

(FILES) Former Florida Attorney General Pam Bondi arrives to speak during the second day of the Republican convention at the Mellon auditorium on August 25, 2020 in Washington, DC. US President-elect Donald Trump tapped Pam Bondi, a staunch ally who helped defend the ex-leader against impeachment and joined lawyers who sought to overturn President Joe Biden's election, as US attorney general on November 21, 2024. (Photo by Olivier DOULIERY / AFP)

Trump names new A-G pick as Gaetz withdraws

Donald Trump has nominated former Florida attorney-general Pam Bondi to replace Matt Gaetz after his previous pick withdrew amid allegations of sexual misconduct.

Joe Kelly

US Election 2024Commentary

Mr Gaetz lasted less than ten days as Mr Trump’s nominee, after he was unveiled by the President-elect on November 13.

Gaetz failure shows Trump needs to get serious

The withdrawal of Matt Gaetz as the next US attorney-general shows Donald Trump is again stumbling with his key cabinet selections and must make more serious appointments.

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US election 2024World

WASHINGTON, DC - NOVEMBER 20: Former U.S. Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-FL) (L) the President-elect Donald Trump's nominee to be Attorney General walks alongside Vice President-elect JD Vance (R) as they arrive for meetings with Senators at the U.S. Capitol on November 20, 2024 in Washington, DC. Gaetz is meeting with Senators as his nomination for Attorney General is under fire following a House Ethics Committee report that is expected to detail allegations of sexual misconduct. Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images/AFP (Photo by Kevin Dietsch / GETTY IMAGES NORTH AMERICA / Getty Images via AFP)

Ethics probe into Gaetz to remain under wraps – for now

The House Ethics Committee has failed to agree on whether to release its probe into allegations of sexual misconduct against Matt Gaetz but Democrats won’t let the affair end here.

Joe Kelly

commentaryWorld

(FILES) Republican US Senatorial candidate for Pennsylvania, Mehmet Oz, gestures as he speaks during a campaign rally in Elizabethtown, Pennsylvania, on November 2, 2022. President-elect Donald Trump on November 19, announced the nomination of Dr. Mehmet Oz to serve as the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) Administrator. (Photo by Ryan Collerd / AFP)

Mehmet Oz pick reveals Trump as the first reality TV President

Donald Trump is making audacious cabinet nominations like he is still the star of his own reality TV show, with the president-elect trusting in big-name media personalities to shake-up Washington.

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US Election 2024World

(FILES) US Representative Matt Gaetz, Republican of Florida, speaks during the third day of the 2024 Republican National Convention at the Fiserv Forum in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, on July 17, 2024. US President-elect Donald Trump announced on November 13, 2024, that he intendds to nominate right-wing firebrand lawmaker Matt Gaetz US Attorney General. (Photo by ANDREW CABALLERO-REYNOLDS / AFP)

Trump ‘admits Gaetz may not be confirmed’ as claims mount

Claims that Matt Gaetz had sex with a 17-year-old minor at parties where illegal drugs were present are derailing his chances of confirmation as Attorney-General.

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