Anthony Albanese must acknowledge the world order has fundamentally shifted under “bully” Donald Trump instead of pretending nothing has changed globally, Malcolm Turnbull says. This is the time to really have a tour of the horizon set out,” Turnbull said. Turnbull said he was not advocating for “sledging” Trump, but that it must be acknowledged that the US president is a “bully” who will only negotiate “when there is pushback”. The former prime minister had his own run-in with Trump in 2017, forcing the US to honour an Obama-era agreement to resettle refugees detained on Nauru. “So for Australia, and no doubt for Canada, the point that Prime Minister Carney was making is that our interests are best served by cooperation and by managing our differences within international law and international institutions.”

Source: The Guardian January 27, 2026 11:15 UTC