Will Trump Block the AUS-US Refugee Deal?

A deal which proposed displaced refugees from Manus Island and Naru would be resettled in the US is in serious doubt after only two months of planning. In light of Republican Donald Trump’s Inauguration on the 20th of January, many key Republican figures are deriding the deal, one calling it “madness” and another saying that Trump will do “everything in his power” to stop the deal coming to fruition.

Could the controversy surrounding this deal be the first hump of many in the relationship between Australia and Donald Trump? For more, we were joined by Tom McLroy, Political Reporter for Fairfax Media

 

Producer: Max Lewis 

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