Australian political leaders unworried by Trump’s ‘what does that mean?’ action to Aukus concern|Aukus

Australian political leaders have actually downplayed a slip from Donald Trump, that originally stopped working to comprehend an inquiry concerning Aukus postured by a British press reporter.

The United States head of state was examined concerning the Australia- UK-US protection bargain throughout a conference with the British head of state, Keir Starmer, in the Oval Office.

The press reporter asked Trump if he would certainly be going over Aukus with Starmer

Trump reacted: “What does that mean?”

The press reporter triggered the head of state that he was describing “Aukus – the Australia-US defence alliance”.

Trump responded “we will be discussing that” and, indicating Starmer next to him, claimed: “We’ve had another great relationship, and you have too, with Australia. We’ve had a very good relationship with Australia.”

Asked a couple of hours later on concerning the exchange, Australian head of state Anthony Albanese excused Trump’s bad move, informing press reporters “there are a lot of acronyms in this business”.

“We all get thrown them from time to time.

“Donald Trump went on [and spoke] about the really important and positive relationship with Australia. That is consistent with the discussions that I’ve had with president Trump that included, of course, talking about Aukus.”

The government Labor priest Murray Watt was inquired about this exchange on Nine’s Today early morning television program on Friday early morning yet claimed he had not been “too fazed”.

“Obviously, President Trump has got a lot on his plate and lots to remember,” he claimed. “And you’ll see that very quickly he was able to make the point about the strength of the relationship between Australia and the US.

“We’ve already seen both the secretary of state and secretary for defense in the US talk about President Trump’s support for the Aukus arrangements, so that’s what really matters, rather than whether someone remembers an acronym in the middle of a meeting.”

Also on Today, the resistance leader, Peter Dutton, claimed he was not worried.

“Not everyone 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,” Dutton claimed.

“He stated that previously that the submarine deal, which we negotiated when we were in government, when I was defence minister, will underpin the national security of our country for the next century. And it’s an important relationship.”