‘Should Donald Trump be elected US President, Australia should tear up the ANZUS alliance’, leads this article by veteran analyst and political reporter, Daniel Flitton.
He doesn’t hold back:
Malcolm Turnbull or Bill Shorten could be prime minister by this time next year, but this is a simple bipartisan choice. If Trump wins the keys to the White House, there will be no need for a congratulatory phone call. Just get the clock ticking on the 12-month waiting period required to formally withdraw from the treaty.
This remarkable and uncompromising statement demands that Australia end a successful alliance that has served us …read more
