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Hegseth and Rutte have a 1939 message to defence companies

Put your money where your mouth is

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Latika M Bourke
Nov 08, 2025
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One of Donald Trump’s more remarkable statements of late was one he made sitting alongside the Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese, when he said that AUKUS was about defending Taiwan, but that the nuclear-powered submarines would ultimately not be needed, because President Xi Jinping could be deterred.

Trump believes his personal relationship with…

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