Defence Minister Richard Marles and AUKUS architect Scott Morrison have insisted they are confident the United States will keep supporting the $368 billion submarine deal despite the Trump administration’s decision to review the security pact to ensure it puts “America first”.
Very brave for Albo to sanction an American ally on the eve of AUKUS review.
Australia is caught between acting as an independent, sovereign nation and outsourcing defence all the way with USA/UK.
New damning statement by Paul Keating on #AUKUS in response to US review. Says it was a deal “scribbled on the back of an envelope” by a “confused” Joe Biden and “blowhard” Boris Johnson with Scott Morrison going blindly along.
The former PM says the US review provides the opportunity to save Australia “from the most poorly conceived defence procurement program ever adopted by an Australian government.”
Seems we can have sovereignty or submarines not both.
