has been subject to a “pile on” in the United States, in comments after meeting the American presidential candidate in New York.
Morrison, who said he enjoyed a warm relationship with Trump when both were in office, met the Republican candidate at his home in New York City overnight. He posted on social media a photo with Trump, grinning and flashing a thumbs-up, in front of the famous gilded elevator inside Trump Tower where high-profile figures including the UK’s Nigel Farage have posed before.
“We also discussed the continuing assertions of China in the Indo-Pacific and the threats against Taiwan. These were issues we discussed regularly when we were both in office,” he wrote. Morrison told the ABC the meeting was a good opportunity to explain how AUKUS fitted into the issues in the Indo-Pacific, “the contribution Australia makes as part of that, and the credible deterrent that’s necessary to maintain a free and open Indo-Pacific.”Morrison said Trump would “ensure” that both countries had sufficient nuclear-powered submarines.
Morrison described Aukus as “the most important agreement we’ve had in place with the United States in 70 years.” Morrison was feted by Trump with a state dinner at the White House in 2019. He also joined Trump at a campaign rally stop in Ohio on that visit. Trump at the time said Morrison backed “as a lot of the same things” he did.
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