Wrecking ball: The implications of Steve Bannon being in charge of security
At least Turnbull was spared the muscle-flexing invasion threat that the new commander-in-chief was dishing out to the likes of Mexico and Iraq.
Paul McGeough is chief foreign correspondent for the Sydney Morning Herald.
At least Turnbull was spared the muscle-flexing invasion threat that the new commander-in-chief was dishing out to the likes of Mexico and Iraq.
An inveterate gum-chewer, Sean Spicer's rules of life include: "Follow your mom's advice: It's not what you say, but how you say it. The tone and tenor of your words count."
And so, with the advent of Donald Trump's America First presidency, an Australian diplomatic tradition dies.
With a lesser man in the White House, there might be a point to the Democrats filibustering Donald Trump's nomination of the youthful and conservative Neil Gorsuch to the US Supreme Court.
In the 48 hours after Trump's executive order, the American Civil Liberties Union received $US24 million - six times more than its best year of online fund-raising.
The Bush and Obama administrations went to great lengths to embrace Muslims as the Middle East imploded. And despite Donald Trump's campaign rants, that consensus held.
American airports overnight became settings for heartbreak, frustration and panic as the Muslim ban kicked in. But the countries left off the list were telling.
Surely she didn't believe Trump's commitment to NATO. Nonetheless, it would have been useful for her to get him on the record – sort-of.
Washington: Now, that's how to run an exclusive club. At Donald Trump's Mar-a-Lago in Florida, there's a ceiling on membership and newcomers get a look-over only on the recommendation of a current member.
It was to be the first shot fired in Donald Trump's first trade war – but on the way from the White House, the bullet took some unexpected twists and turns.
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