Donald Trump’s mixed messages about his war on Iran continue in the aftermath of the Democratic landslide in the US midterm elections. As the US president continues to upend global order, the prime minister, Anthony Albanese, will have a timely meeting with Trump at their Quad leaders’ summit next week.
Political editor Tom McIlroy speaks with former Labor foreign minister and NSW premier, Bob Carr, about how Trump is ‘directly opposing’ global order and why the Aukus pact is a ‘diplomatic fig leaf’
Aukus deal is ‘living a lie’: Australia will never get nuclear submarines from US and both sides know it, Bob Carr says
Days after the midterms, Anthony Albanese will have a chance to meet with Trump as he picks up the pieces | Tom McIlroy
What are the Aukus submarines actually for? It’s a question the government refuses to answer | Chris Barrie
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