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

The old language at the bedrock of the alliance, effectively that Australia will blithely go ‘all the way with the USA’, is not only transparently shallow but condescending to Australians

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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