A potentially historic shift is under way in how Australians view our relationship with the United States.
Australians have been watching as Donald Trump shows us who he is. As Trump and J.D. Vance made abundantly clear in Washington on Friday, a new reality is dawning for the United States’ traditional allies. That is translating into how Australians think about the future of our security.New polling by The Australia Institute has found that more Australians now view Donald Trump as a greater threat to global peace than Vladimir Putin or Xi Jinping.
Recently, Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said he was confident the US would defend Australia if we ever needed it. But just last week, when asked about the AUKUS agreement by a journalist, Trump responded, “What does that mean?” These results point to the possibility of real political tensions – some of which already exist within the Australian Labor Party, particularly over the AUKUS pact.
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