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‘Nothing particularly out of the ordinary’: Labor minister dismisses Trump tirade against European allies

While other politicians have dodged commenting on Donald Trump’s latest social media attack on European allies, Clare O’Neil has dismissed the whole thing as “nothing particularly out of the ordinary” from the US president.

I think in the scale of late night missives from Donald Trump, this is nothing particularly out of the ordinary. When it comes to the conflict in Iran, we have a pretty simple view … we want to see de-escalation of this conflict, not escalation. And we want to see a clear timeframe for how this conflict will be brought to an end.