It appears ScoMo has just thrown out decades of foreign policy and painted Australia into a corner in some desperate gamble over Wentworth, via The Australian:
“We welcome and strongly support Australia’s review and discussions on relocating its embassy, seeking a better deal with Iran, and increasing engagement with Israel,” a White House official told The Australian today.
The official added “We appreciate Australia’s decision to vote no on the UN resolution,” in reference to Australia’s decision to oppose a resolution for the Palestinian Authority to chair a group of developing nations known as the G77.
…Any final decision to move Australia’s embassy to Jerusalem would be a coup for the White House, making Australia only the third country behind the US and Guatemala to make the move.
…Prime Minister Scott Morrison says he has not discussed with Donald Trump the possible embassy move to Jerusalem and says it was not made at the request of the United States.
“I have made this decision without any reference to the United States. It has not come up in any discussion I have had with the president or with officials,” Mr Morrison said.
“Australia makes its decisions about its foreign policy independently. We do so in our own national interests consistent with our own beliefs and our own values.”
What an f’wit.
