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More interesting is the subtitle, ‘Australia can't have a capable conventional military of the size we plan & 8 nuclear submarines all for 2.4% GDP’.
While only speculating on the Trump government and what it will look like, we do know about Trump's attitude to defence budgets and what he expects from America's closest allies: he “hates free riders on US military spending and US military power”.
During his last Presidency, President Trump put the hard word on Europe, NATO and South Korea. 2% of GDP on defence was acceptable back then, but not now with the obvious threats to world peace.
Australia is bumping along with just under 2% now, with the ‘intention’ of 2.3% in ten years time. We are already heavily reliant on the US for our physical security; and we are still “stuck in a world where we (used to have) at least ten years warning of danger.
We are not recruiting, and we allow those already in the forces to be insulted and demonised for doing their jobs.
When Trump looks at Australia in a region where CCP power and aggression is increasing, he could easily put us among the “free riders” he is so contemptuous of.
He will certainly have military advisers who will recognise Australia's slackness, ineptitude on defence, and the pathetic amount we spend on trying to do what politicians imagine will happen.
Shoebridge suggests that whoever wins the coming election will need to commit to spending 3% of GDP in the next three years, along with the work to match the urgency of our strategic environment - instead of the magic thinking and self-congratulation of Albanese.
ttps://strategicanalysis.org/australias-defence-trump-will-notice-our-grand-words-arent-matched-by-actions/.