‘Irrecoverable’: Australia in ‘precarious state’

News.com.au - 21/03
Donald Trump’s divisive brand of leadership has continued to ruffle feathers inside the upper echelons of politics around the globe.

Donald Trump’s divisive brand of leadership has continued to ruffle feathers inside the upper echelons of politics around the globe.

Flare-ups over tariffs have thrust Australia’s relationship with the superpower into the limelight, with political figures raising concerns about what the future between Canberra and Washington looks like after another four years of Trump’s America.

Former defence chief Admiral Chris Barrie, once among Australia’s most decorated champions of the US alliance, says he is no longer convinced the relationship between the two rusted-on allies holds firm.

Now an honorary professor at ANU, Barrie boldly declared to the media this week that “the vandals in the White House” have...
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