barryqwalsh
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About a thousand US marines are stationed in Darwin – just one of the many ways in which Australia is useful to the Americans.
The US and Australia are, it is fair to say, very much culturally intertwined.
That will not change no matter how many times Trump abuses our prime minister. The news this week that Trump yelled at Malcolm Turnbull over the phone about how bad a deal the plan was for the US to take 1,250 refugees from Manus Island and Nauru rings so true that there is little worth in either government running with the “courteous discussion” line.
Trump showing anyone a lack of respect – let alone the leader of one of the US’s closest allies – is not only not surprising, it is expected.
And while it won’t end any alliance between the two nations, it should be a sign that things must change.
The US needs Australia, whether Donald Trump knows it or not | Greg Jericho