Big blow for Australia, just a few days before Anthony met Albanian Donald Trump

The Trump administration has an overview of the Aukus Security deal with Australia and the UK launched in an unexpected and ominous sign for the nuclear submarine plans of Australia.

The assessment, announced at night on Thursday, is led by Elbridge Colby, the US Under Secretary of Defense Policy – a well -known skeptic who has previously branded the ‘crazy’ pact.

An American defense officer told Daily Mail Australia that the assessment is intended to take care of Aukus joins the president Donald Trump‘S’ America First ‘priorities.

‘As Minister of Defense Pete Hegseeth has made it clear, this means that the highest readiness of our service members, that allies are fully performing to adjust their bit for collective defense, and that the industrial basis of the defense meets our needs, “said the civil servant.

“This assessment ensures that the initiative meets this common sense, the first criteria of America.”

It comes almost two weeks after Mr. Hegseeth encouraged Australian counterpart to Richard Marles to increase military expenses.

Australia’s total defense spending in 2024-25 was around $ 53.94 billion, or 2 percent of GDP. This will rise to 2.33 percent by 2033-34 – but the US wants the number to be at least 3 percent.

The Aukus-Pact, signed in 2021 under former President Joe Biden, was designed to prevent the growing influence of China in the Indo-Pacific.

It means that by 2032 Australia nuclear submarines from the Virginia class are getting nuclear submarines from the US, in addition to advanced technologies such as Quantum Computing, hypersonic missiles and artificial intelligence.

The deal, the largest defense investment in Australia ever, is expected to cost between $ 268 billion and $ 368 billion for three decades, with Australia contributing nearly $ 5 billion to strengthen the American submarine industry.

It marks the largest defense investment in Australian history with the annual costs in the amount of 0.15 percent of GDP to the middle of the 2050.

Head of the American Zeepower subcommittee, Democratic Congressman Joe Courtney has spoken to encourage Donald Trump’s government not to leave the Pact.

“The new administration certainly has the right to revise the trilateral Aukus mission,” he said.

‘But as the defense review of the recent British government has determined, this is a defense alliance that is overwhelming in the best interest of all three Aukus countries, as well as the Indo-Pacific region as a whole.

‘Leaving Aukus – who is already well underway – would cause permanent damage to the status of our nation with close allies and will certainly be met with great joy in Beijing.

“The Aukus mission also delivers more than $ 3 billion in foreign investments from Australia – with $ 500 million already in hand – to increase our efforts to increase shipbuilding capacity,” he said.

“Those historical investments are directly in accordance with President Trump’s rightful purpose to build more ships” very fast, very fast, “and restores the maritime dominance of America.

“To run away from all sunken costs that are invested by our two closest allies and the United Kingdom, have far-reaching consequences about our reliability on the worldwide stage and is a direct contradiction for the” America of the administration, but not only “goal to combat aggression against China, Russia and other opponents.”

As an addition to the uncertainty, in February, Trump did not seem to be aware of the military pact with Australia and the US when he was questioned about the deal.

Asked by a British reporter if he would discuss Aukus with British Prime Minister Keir Starmer during a meeting in the White House, the bewildered president replied: “What does that mean?”

When the reporter explained that it was a three-way partnership for defense technology between the US, the UK and Australia, Trump admitted that it was on the agenda.

In this publication, a spokesperson for Mr. Marles confirmed that Australia and the UK have been advised on the assessment.

“It goes without saying that the administration would like to investigate this important enterprise, including progress and delivery,” they said.

“Just as the British government recently completed an Aukus evaluation and re -confirmed the support, including the appointment of Sir Stephen Lovegrove as Aukus advisor.”

“All three countries are dedicated to ensure that Aukus meets national and trilateral objectives,” said the spokesperson.

The last rating of the Pact comes just a week before Prime Minister Anthony Albanese attend the G7 top in Canada, where he is expected to meet Trump.

The assessment is expected to be an important point of discussion for Albanians, in addition to new American trading rates, in which Australia tries to achieve an exemption for their exports, such as steel and beef.

Australia was beaten with a rate of 10 percent for all exports to the US, with steel and aluminum products with a rate of 50 percent.

It is understood that Albanians and Trump Aukus discussed twice this year, on 11 February and 5 May.

Mr. Marles and Minister of Foreign Affairs Penny Wong also spoke with their American counterparts about the security pact.

Former Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull went to social media to emphasize the lack of control of the Aukus deal in Canberra.

‘The UK performs an overview of Aukus. The American Dod performs an overview of Aukus, “he said on social media.

“But Australia, which is at stake most, has no assessment. Our parliament has so far the least curious and least informed. Time to wake up? ‘