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Martin Pengelly in Washington, Sarah Basford Canales and Daniel Hurst in Canberra

Trump allegedly shared potentially sensitive information about US nuclear subs with Australian billionaire

Former US president Donald Trump, left, pictured with Australian billionaire Anthony Pratt, middle, and the then Australian prime minister, Scott Morrison,  during a tour of a Pratt Industries facility in 2019. Trump allegedly shared details about US nuclear submarines with Pratt in 2021
Former US president Donald Trump, left, pictured with Australian billionaire Anthony Pratt, middle, and the then Australian prime minister, Scott Morrison, during a tour of a Pratt Industries facility in 2019. Trump allegedly shared details about US nuclear submarines with Pratt in 2021. Photograph: Jonathan Ernst/Reuters

Donald Trump allegedly discussed potentially sensitive information about US nuclear submarines with an Australian billionaire, Anthony Pratt, three months after leaving office, according to a new report.

Citing a source with knowledge of the Australian’s account to investigators for the special counsel Jack Smith, US news outlet ABC News reported an “excited” Trump allegedly discussed “the supposed exact number of nuclear warheads [US submarines] routinely carry, and exactly how close they supposedly can get to a Russian submarine without being detected”.

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