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The Guardian - AU
The Guardian - AU
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Paul Daley

A reelected Trump is Albanese’s elephant in the room, and a potential disaster for Australia

Trump and Australian PM
‘The Australian centre won’t buy unqualified support for the US, come what may, if Trump is re-elected. Neither will many federal legislators across the board.’ Photograph: Joshua Roberts/Reuters

Australians, like people the world over who care about democracy and global security, really should get a vote in the forthcoming US election, so critical is it to our geopolitical and strategic interests.

We won’t. But not to worry. For decades we’ve been resolutely assured it’s the historic strength of the US-Australia alliance, not who’s president, that really counts.

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