"A bolder play would be to call out Trump as the key source of global economic instability and declare that the Albanese government is committed to protecting Australia against that instability, in the same way that Mark Carney has made a virtue of protecting Canada’s interests against Trump. If Albanese was lucky, an enraged Trump might hit back and shut down AUKUS, thereby rescuing taxpayers from the truly profound stupidity of our defence and security establishment, and rusted-on Americanophiles like Richard Marles. But let’s not get ahead of ourselves: the government is drifting and appears clueless as to why it is actually in power. The soaring cost of government debt is less a crisis and more an opportunity to be seized with both hands." #AusPol https://www.crikey.com.au/2026/09/15/anthony-albanese-donald-trump-us-bonds-debt/