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Will Aukus survive Trump’s return to the White House?

As the 2024 US presidential election draws nearer, Australia ponders the possible disruption of its foreign and defence policies.

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There are now growing fears in Australia that there will be much worse to come for the nation if Donald Trump returns to the White House.

There are now growing fears in Australia that there will be much worse to come for the nation if Donald Trump returns to the White House.

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- In the days after

Donald Trump became United States president in

2017,

he conducted the usual round of phone calls with world leaders and – perhaps surprisingly – had what he described as “the worst by far” with one of his country’s closest allies.

In a now infamous call with the then Prime Minister of Australia, Mr Malcolm Turnbull, the US president became infuriated and threatened to abandon a deal that Canberra had previously made with Washington to engage in a swop of refugees.

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