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Australian politicians unworried by Trump’s ‘what does that mean?’ response to Aukus question


US president was questioned about defence deal during meeting with UK prime minister Keir Starmer

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Australian politicians have played down a slip from Donald Trump, who initially failed to understand a question about Aukus posed by a British reporter.

The US president was questioned about the Australia-UK-US defence deal during a meeting with the British prime minister, Keir Starmer, in the Oval Office.

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Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/feb/28/donald-trump-aukus-what-does-that-mean-uk-australia-defence-deal

Author : Emily Wind

Publish date : 2025-02-27 22:19:00

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