Australia politics live: Keating says he gave ‘fighting points’ to PM for Trump meeting in case president turned nasty

Former prime minister says Albanese was ‘up for having an Australian punch back’ if necessary. Follow today’s news liveGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastKeating was also frank in his assessment of the rivalry between China and the US, describing the Asian superpower’s achievements as “like nothing in human history”:It comes after Trump described crucial trade talks with the Chinese president in South Korea as “amazing”, saying their dispute over the supply of rare earths had been settled and that he would visit China in April.The Chinese have won hands down. It’s all over. They can out produce people. They’ll dominate technological capabilities … What China is today in terms of modernity, capacity, utilisation of services, is like nothing in human history.The Americans see the Chinese have committed the great sin of internationalism. They built an economy bigger than America … This year, Chinese GDP is $40tn, and American GDP is $30tn … Imagine American military police in Shanghai, Beijing today with 1.4 billion Chinese [people]. I mean, what does an American victory look like?I did give our prime minister a heap of fighting points in the event that Trump turned nasty on him. It turned out he didn’t have to use them … The meeting went really well, but I think the prime minister was up for having Australian punch back, if he received one [hostility], and I think this is the way to handle it.If you showed the slightest sign of weakness, you’re buggered with him.Trump’s primary interest is in the western hemisphere. That’s why he’s interested in Greenland. That’s why he’s interested in Canada and Mexico … He doesn’t care about Europe … I don’t think he cares about east Asia … he has a view about these places like mafia families … The Chicago family doesn’t disturb the family in Florida, right? I think this is Trump’s view about foreign policy. Continue reading...

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