U.S. Ambassador to Australia Caroline Kennedy has said Trump’s second presidential term would not lead to the return of “America first isolationism.”
During her speech at the National Press Club of Australia on Nov. 18, Kennedy, whose term is about to conclude, addressed concerns about the relationship between the United States and Australia under the new Trump administration.
A reporter from Bloomberg asked the ambassador about how Australia should prepare for “a world without America,” saying the United States would move toward American-first isolationism with Trump’s reelection.
Kennedy rejected the idea of an isolated United States and said the country would continue to be a leader in the Pacific region….