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

Former PMs pour cold water on claims Anthony Pratt told them Trump’s US submarine secrets

Donald Trump, when he was US president, billionaire Anthony Pratt and then Australian PM Scott Morrison at the opening of Pratt Paper Plant in Ohio in 2019
Donald Trump, when he was US president, billionaire businessman Anthony Pratt and then Australian PM Scott Morrison at the opening of a Pratt Industries plant in Ohio in 2019. Photograph: Mick Tsikas/AAP

It was a revelation that could have had explosive ramifications.

US news outlet ABC News reported that an “excited” Donald Trump allegedly discussed top-secret details of US nuclear submarines with the Australian billionaire Anthony Pratt, who later allegedly shared the information with at least 45 people, including “three former Australian prime ministers”.

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