Donald Trump made ‘huge inroads' with Muslim Americans in last election
Ms Torrance told Sky News senior reporter Caroline Marcus that Donald Trump has already 'delivered more' in some ways than former US president Joe Biden.
Donald Trump is currently in the Middle East, meeting with Arab leaders.
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ABC News
13 minutes ago
- ABC News
Donald Trump wants to get Putin, Zelenskyy together 'immediately' if Alaska summit goes well
Donald Trump says he wants to meet Vladimir Putin again "almost immediately" if this week's landmark summit in Alaska goes well, and for Ukrainian leader Volodymyr Zelenskyy to attend. The US president and his Kremlin counterpart are due to hold in-person talks at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson on Friday, local time. Mr Trump is searching for a way to end the war in Ukraine, which has raged since Russia's full-scale invasion in February 2022, and is adamant his country has given too much financial and military aid to Kyiv. Despite some concerns from European leaders and Mr Zelenskyy, who aren't invited to Alaska, they've also made clear their hopes that the summit is a step towards a just peace. Speaking in Washington DC on Wednesday, Mr Trump said: "If the first one goes OK, we'll have a quick second one." "I would like to do it almost immediately, and we'll have a quick second meeting between President Putin and President Zelenskyy and myself, if they'd like to have me there." The White House has previously downplayed Friday's talks as "a listening exercise". However, after speaking to Mr Trump in a video conference on Wednesday, multiple European leaders claimed the US president was aiming to broker a ceasefire when he meets Mr Putin. "President Trump was very clear that the United States wanted to achieve a ceasefire at this meeting in Alaska," French President Emmanuel Macron said after the call. German Chancellor Friedrich Merz said the US president would make a ceasefire a "priority" in the discussions with Mr Putin. Ahead of the video conference, Mr Trump posted on his Truth social media platform, and described European leaders as "great people" who "want to see a deal done". Mr Zelenskyy said he warned Mr Trump on the call that "Putin is bluffing" and pointed out fighting on the front lines in his country remained ferocious. "Russia is trying to show that it can occupy all of Ukraine," he told media at a press conference in Berlin. Later, he posted his list of principles on the encrypted messaging service, Telegram that he claimed had been "agreed on" during the call, which were: After the call with Mr Trump, the so-called coalition of the willing, which includes key Kyiv allies, met virtually. European powerbrokers and NATO officials were on it, but the ABC understands Australia, which has previously been involved in similar discussions, was not. British Prime Minister Keir Starmer co-chaired that meeting, and reiterated his stance that international borders must not be changed by force. Russia's president has been shunned by Western leaders since he ordered the full-scale invasion of Ukraine. The EU supplies billions of dollars in financial and military aid to Ukraine and political leaders on the continent have consistently backed Mr Zelenskyy's resistance to cede territory to Russia. While the front lines have remained largely frozen for months, Moscow's forces have made some progress, at an enormous cost. Neither country releases official figures on its casualties, but it has been claimed about 500 Russian soldiers are being killed each day at the moment. Earlier this week, Mr Putin's troops breached some positions near the coal mining town of Dobropillia, although Ukrainian war bloggers claim they're now being pushed back.
Sydney Morning Herald
43 minutes ago
- Sydney Morning Herald
Warning from Washington: Speak out about Chinese threat or risk AUKUS subs
Washington: Australia must speak more clearly about the threats posed by China, including how it would respond to a regional conflict, or risk the AUKUS submarine agreement, Indo-Pacific experts in the United States are warning. John Bolton, who served as Donald Trump's national security adviser in his first term, and held senior roles in other Republican administrations, said policymakers in Washington had noted the Albanese government was 'less vocal about what the problem is' compared with its predecessors. 'It is a little hard to get used to,' Bolton said in an interview. 'In the Cold War days, Labour governments in Great Britain were just as anti-communist as the Conservatives. When you see a leftist government that's not willing to talk as openly about what the real threat is, it does make some people nervous. 'I would be less than fully candid if I said it didn't make me a little nervous. Why the hell are we worried about talking about what the threat is? The struggle is on, and we ought to be candid about it.' Naval operations expert Bryan Clark, a senior fellow at the conservative Hudson Institute with close links to the administration, said the AUKUS review was about putting Australia on notice that the US expected Australia to use the submarines it bought. 'The Australians have been a little reticent to explicitly call out that they might use them against China,' he told this masthead. 'If you're not willing to say it in public, then you're not going to put the Chinese on notice. It has been privately conveyed in the past, but the US would like Australia to make it more public.' Clark noted – as have other prominent defence experts in Washington – that AUKUS represented a significant portion of the Australian defence budget, especially at the current level of defence spending. 'That's the concern in the US – that you're spending 10 to 20 per cent of your procurement budget on this one system, yet you're not talking about how you might use it,' he said.
The Age
43 minutes ago
- The Age
Warning from Washington: Speak out about Chinese threat or risk AUKUS subs
Washington: Australia must speak more clearly about the threats posed by China, including how it would respond to a regional conflict, or risk the AUKUS submarine agreement, Indo-Pacific experts in the United States are warning. John Bolton, who served as Donald Trump's national security adviser in his first term, and held senior roles in other Republican administrations, said policymakers in Washington had noted the Albanese government was 'less vocal about what the problem is' compared with its predecessors. 'It is a little hard to get used to,' Bolton said in an interview. 'In the Cold War days, Labour governments in Great Britain were just as anti-communist as the Conservatives. When you see a leftist government that's not willing to talk as openly about what the real threat is, it does make some people nervous. 'I would be less than fully candid if I said it didn't make me a little nervous. Why the hell are we worried about talking about what the threat is? The struggle is on, and we ought to be candid about it.' Naval operations expert Bryan Clark, a senior fellow at the conservative Hudson Institute with close links to the administration, said the AUKUS review was about putting Australia on notice that the US expected Australia to use the submarines it bought. 'The Australians have been a little reticent to explicitly call out that they might use them against China,' he told this masthead. 'If you're not willing to say it in public, then you're not going to put the Chinese on notice. It has been privately conveyed in the past, but the US would like Australia to make it more public.' Clark noted – as have other prominent defence experts in Washington – that AUKUS represented a significant portion of the Australian defence budget, especially at the current level of defence spending. 'That's the concern in the US – that you're spending 10 to 20 per cent of your procurement budget on this one system, yet you're not talking about how you might use it,' he said.
