Donald Trump has strongly endorsed the Aukus pact and praised prime minister Anthony Albanese as a “great” leader, but the president’s navy secretary says the US may seek to “clarify some ambiguities” in the nuclear submarine deal.

Trump and Albanese also signed a multi-billion dollar agreement for Australia to supply the United States with critical minerals, amid a deepening trade war as China threatens to cut its supply of rare earth elements. But the president also downplayed any prospect of cutting tariffs on Australian goods. Desperately seeking submariners: why keeping nuclear-powered boats afloat will be Australia’s biggest Aukus challenge Read more

“We do actually have a lot of submarines. We have the best submarines in the world, and we’re building a few more currently und

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