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The Guardian - AU
The Guardian - AU
World
Daniel Hurst Foreign affairs and defence correspondent

Documents reveal Australia’s efforts to stay neutral as Donald Trump claimed electoral fraud

Donald Trump speaking to supporters near the White House on January 6, 2021.
Donald Trump speaking to supporters near the White House on January 6, 2021. Photograph: Brendan Smialowski/AFP/Getty Images

A longtime US foreign policy official is frank when asked whether Australia should worry about risks to American democracy.

“I can’t, with a straight face, say there’s nothing to worry about,” says Richard Fontaine, head of the Center for a New American Security, an influential Washington thinktank.

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