The Australian government has little option but to live with Iranian control of the strait of Hormuz and counsel its once great friend to employ what’s left of its diplomatic brain
We have all come to expect demeaning and graceless behaviour from Donald Trump. Once again, our expectations have not been disappointed.
In another tirade against his Nato allies for their refusal to involve themselves in the dangerous standoff in the strait of Hormuz, the US president has threatened to “never forget” who helped and who didn’t. He ridiculed the British prime minister, Keir Starmer, and the Royal Navy for too little, too late. And he expressed his “surprise” that Australia failed to offer some kind of military support as usual. Historically, Trump perhaps has reason for his surprise.