“What is happening with the vandals in the White House is similar to what happened to Austral[as]ia in 1942 with the fall of Singapore.

“What is happening with the vandals in the White House is similar to what happened to Australia in 1942 with the fall of Singapore. I don’t consider America to be a reliable ally, as I used to.
    “Frankly, I think it is time we reconsidered our priorities and think carefully about our defence needs, now that we are having a more independent posture... Our future is now in a much more precarious state than it was on 19 January.
    “Trump 1.0 was bad enough. But Trump 2.0 is irrecoverable.”

~ former chief of the Australian Defence Force Admiral Chris Barrie, from the artic le '‘Vandals in the White House’ no longer reliable allies of Australia, former defence force chief says'

“'The US is utterly not a reliable ally. No one could see it in those terms ... [President] Trump is wilful and cavalier and so is his heir-apparent, JD Vance: they are laughing at alliance partners, whom they’ve almost studiously disowned.'
    "America had been fundamentally altered by Trump’s second administration and that American leadership of a rules-based international order was 'not returning'.
    "“'The speed of America disowning allies to embrace a new world order where it cuts deals with Russia and China has been so astonishing that people are struggling to grasp it, especially in this country, where people just cannot contemplate a world where America treats so lightly its alliance with Australia'.”

~ former Australian foreign affairs minister Bob Carr, from the article 'Bob Carr says Aukus a ‘colossal surrender of sovereignty’ if submarines do not arrive under Australian control'