The phone call that threatened to smash the US-Australia alliance

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As he faced the biggest crisis of his diplomatic posting, Joe Hockey decided to go it alone. Bugger any instructions from Canberra.

As Australia's ambassador to the US over the past four years, Joe Hockey's role has been to implement government policy - not to create it.

published leaked details of a testy phone call between Trump and then-prime minister Malcolm Turnbull. "This was completely counter-narrative for Trump," Hockey says. "His entire mantra was putting Americans first and he didn't understand why he was bound to this deal." Friendship stronger than ever. US President Donald Trump shakes hands with then-Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull in February 2018.The Age"Relationships can spiral out of control very quickly, and the President was not fearful of disrupting any relationship.

 

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Not quite Bridge of Spies

Was on verge of resubscribing - but not so sure after reading KnottMatthew. Would be more at home in the Australian

Is all this fawning over Hockey coming from Chessell or Costello? EIther way, cut it out. I don't pay for a subscription to Hello! Magazine.

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