The Prime Minister, like his predecessors, sought a close relationship with the administration of our most important ally because it was in our national interest. It worked. 1/4

While other countries struggled to engage in Washington, we avoided tariffs, maintained refugee resettlement and profoundly influenced the US’ Indo-Pacific strategy. 2/4

By opportunistically attempting to seize domestic partisan advantage on the final day in office of an unpopular US President, Anthony Albanese is showing he is not be steady hand required to manage our most important international relationships. 3/4

If he was Prime Minister would Albanese have spent the last few years attacking Donal Trump? That might have appeased his left wing base, but it would not have been in Australia’s national interest. 4/5

It’s also interesting to note while he’s called for the PM to attack Donald Trump he’s never done the same for Xi Jinping, despite the much more serious transgressions, including against our national interest, of the Chinese Communist Party under his leadership. 5/5