U.S. President Donald Trump guaranteed the country’s commitment to providing nuclear submarines to Australia as part of the AUKUS agreement on sharing nuclear-powered submarine technology with Australia and the United Kingdom, ending uncertainty following a Pentagon review .

Trump joined Australia’s Prime Minister Anthony Albanese in a joint press conference in Washington, D.C., on Monday and affirmed that the submarines pledged to Australia as part of the deal are currently under construction.

“We have it all set with Anthony [Albanese],” Trump told reporters. “We’ve worked on this long and hard and we’re starting that process right now and I think it’s really moving along very rapidly, very well.”

In response to questions, Trump confirmed the process of providing Australia with th

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