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United States head of state Donald Trump’s momentary strangeness with the acronym Aukus, the trilateral safety deal in between Australia, the UK, and the United States, all through a convention with UK head of state Keir Starmer seems to not have really impacted amongst its important companions.
When a press reporter requested Mr Trump if Aukus was discussed during the meeting, the US president responded: “What does that mean?” before adding that discussions would take place.
Australian prime minister Anthony Albanese downplayed the second, attributing it to the complexity of diplomatic acronyms. “There’s a lot of acronyms in this business and, you know, we all get thrown at them from time to time,” Mr Albanese informed reporters in Sydney on Friday.
“[Trump] went on to speak about the really important and positive relationship with Australia. That’s consistent with the discussions that I’ve had with President Trump,” he mentioned.
Australia made an preliminary $500m cost in February beneath the Aukus deal, which can see it purchase nuclear submarines via a partnership with the US and UK.
Mr Trump and Mr Albanese had beforehand mentioned Aukus and potential tariff exemptions for Australia in a February name.
During the press convention on the White House, a British reporter requested Mr Trump: “With the Australians and the Brits, will you be discussing Aukus, sir?”
Mr Trump responded: “What does that mean?”
The reporter clarified: “Aukus: the Australia-US defence alliance.”
“We will be discussing that,” Mr Trump mentioned gesturing in the direction of Mr Starmer beside him. “We’ve had another great relationship, and you have, too, with Australia. We’ve had a very good relationship with Australia.”
Mr Starmer added, “yes”.
Australia’s employment minister Murray Watt additionally downplayed issues over the US president’s unfamiliarity with Aukus. “I wouldn’t make too much about a president with a very full plate not remembering one acronym. I think all of us go through that sort of thing at different times,” he informed ABC Radio on Friday.
“You’ll see there that he was able to say very quickly about the strength of the relationship with Australia and the fact that Aukus will be something he’ll be discussing with the British prime minister.”
Opposition chief Peter Dutton informed Nine’s Today programme: “Not everyone you know gets the acronyms, and all the rest of it, but there’s no doubt in my mind that the president strongly supports the alliance between our three countries and strongly supports Aukus.”
“He stated that previously and the submarine deal … will underpin the national security of our country for the next century.”
The solely political occasion to voice concern over Trump’s comment on Aukus was the Greens. Spokesperson Sarah Hanson-Young argued that Mr Trump had “admit[ted] that he doesn’t even know what AUKUS is” and recommended the president “doesn’t care about it, he can’t be bothered”.
