‘Gone off the rails': Trump destroys ‘trainwreck' Elon Musk in latest takedown
This comes after Mr Musk announced he was forming a new political party in the US – the 'America Party' – to 'give you back your freedom'.
'The one thing third parties are good for is the creation of complete and total disruption and chaos, and we have enough of that with the radical left Democrats, who have lost their confidence and their minds,' President Trump continued in his Truth Social post.
Try Our AI Features
Explore what Daily8 AI can do for you:
Comments
No comments yet...
Related Articles
News.com.au
35 minutes ago
- News.com.au
Senior US defence official Elbridge Colby says US ‘will not be deterred' from its call for allied countries to boost defence spending
One of Donald Trump's key defence advisers and the man in charge of the AUKUS review has doubled down on Australia's need to increase defence spending, following reports that Australian defence officials have been urged to commit to supporting the United States if China were to invade Taiwan. US Undersecretary of Defence Elbridge Colby said the US' position of 'achieving peace through strength' was 'abundantly and consistently clear,' and would include urging allies to 'step up their defence spending and other efforts related to our collective defence'. This follows Mr Hegseth's call for Australia to boost immediately boost investment from 2 per cent to 3.5 per cent of GDP, about $40bn, significantly beyond Labor's current commitment to reach 2.33 per cent by 2033. While Mr Colby, a noted China hawk, didn't name countries who are lagging on their funding commitments, he said the US would 'not be deterred'. 'Of course, some among our allies might not welcome frank conversations. But many, now led by NATO after the historic Hague Summit, are seeing the urgent need to step up and are doing so,' he wrote on X. 'President Trump has shown the approach and the formula – and we will not be deterred from advancing his agenda.' His comments follow reports in the Financial Times on Saturday that Mr Colby has been pushing Japanese and Australian defence officials on their response if China invaded Taiwan, an outcome US Defence Secretary Pete Hegseth said was an 'imminent' threat. Quoting one US official, they told the UK publication that while the US does 'not seek war,' or to 'dominate China,' the US wants to ensure both it and its allies 'have the military strength to underwrite diplomacy and guarantee peace'. Speaking to the ABC on Sunday, Acting Defence Minister Pat Conroy would not 'engage in hypotheticals' or 'disclose confidential discussions'. 'The sole power to commit Australia to war or to allow our territory to be used for a conflict is the elected government of the day,' he said. 'That is our position. Sovereignty will always be prioritised, and that will continue to be our position.' Australia has repeatedly rebuffed calls from the US to boost defence spending, stating that the amount will be decided according to Australia's sovereign needs, which has in-turn put pressure on the alliance, and Anthony Albanese's attempts to secure a tariff exemption. While politically, the Prime Minister is under increasing pressure to secure a meeting with Mr Trump, the leaders are set to have a face-to-face talk in early September during the Quad meeting in India. This will also be the first in-person meeting between Mr Albanese and Mr Trump since the President's re-election in November, however the leaders have shared three phone calls. Echoing comments made by Anthony Albanese, who is currently on a six-day diplomatic mission in China, Foreign Minister Penny Wong last week said that said Australia's security should not be defined 'simply in the terms of what China or the United States is doing in the regions'. 'Instead Australia will 'take our own approach to our relationships, to the rules and to this region that we share,' she said while attending the ASEAN Summit in Malaysia.
9 News
an hour ago
- 9 News
Alligator Alcatraz: Politicians raise alarm on conditions
A group of Democrats toured the detention facility known as Alligator Alcatraz in Florida's Everglades
Sky News AU
an hour ago
- Sky News AU
Majority of Americans back Donald Trump's ‘enormously popular' mass deportation agenda
Sky News host Rita Panahi claims US President Donald Trump's mass deportation agenda is 'enormously popular'. 'He has a mandate for this program, and it's enormously popular – all the polling that has come out shows that the majority of Americans want to see every single illegal immigrant deported, not just those convicted of crimes,' she said. 'This is something that again the Democrats and the media ... can't seem to grasp that this policy is enormously popular and the polling shows even amongst immigrants in America, legal immigrants, the majority of them want to see every illegal immigrant deported.'
