No ‘specific request’ to help US in strait of Hormuz, Marles says, as Trump repeats criticism of Australia
US president told reporters he was ‘not happy with Australia because they were not there when we asked them to be there’Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastDonald…
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US president told reporters he was ‘not happy with Australia because they were not there when we asked them to be there’
Donald Trump has again accused Australia of not doing enough to help him in the Middle East war, claiming the US “asked them to be there” despite Australia’s defence minister saying there had been no “specific request”.
The US president made the comments while taking questions from reporters, including Australian correspondents, as he left the White House on Thursday.
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