{"id":71480,"date":"2025-10-21T18:55:45","date_gmt":"2025-10-21T18:55:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/uncategorized\/2025\/10\/21\/trump-backs-us-nuclear-submarine-deal-for-australia\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T01:24:14","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T01:24:14","slug":"trump-backs-us-nuclear-submarine-deal-for-australia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/naval\/2025\/10\/21\/trump-backs-us-nuclear-submarine-deal-for-australia\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump backs US nuclear submarine deal for Australia"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">U.S. President Donald Trump guaranteed the country\u2019s commitment to providing nuclear submarines to Australia as part of the AUKUS agreement on sharing nuclear-powered submarine technology with Australia and the United Kingdom, ending uncertainty following a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.defensenews.com\/pentagon\/2025\/06\/11\/pentagon-to-review-aukus-submarine-deal-with-australia-and-britain\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer\" title=\"https:\/\/www.defensenews.com\/pentagon\/2025\/06\/11\/pentagon-to-review-aukus-submarine-deal-with-australia-and-britain\/\">Pentagon review<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Trump joined Australia\u2019s Prime Minister Anthony Albanese in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=1F3m1KlvDwo\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"\" title=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=1F3m1KlvDwo\">a joint press conference<\/a> in Washington, D.C., on Monday and affirmed that the submarines pledged to Australia as part of the deal are currently under construction.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cWe have it all set with Anthony [Albanese],\u201d Trump told reporters. \u201cWe\u2019ve worked on this long and hard and we\u2019re starting that process right now and I think it\u2019s really moving along very rapidly, very well.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In response to questions, Trump confirmed the process of providing Australia with the submarines is being expedited. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cWe are doing that,\u201d he said. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The president\u2019s remarks end months of speculation that pledges to provide Australia with submarines as part of the AUKUS agreement would be scuttled following a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.defensenews.com\/pentagon\/2025\/06\/11\/pentagon-to-review-aukus-submarine-deal-with-australia-and-britain\/\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"\" title=\"https:\/\/www.defensenews.com\/pentagon\/2025\/06\/11\/pentagon-to-review-aukus-submarine-deal-with-australia-and-britain\/\">review announced unexpectedly<\/a> by the Pentagon in June. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThe Department is reviewing AUKUS as part of ensuring that this initiative of the previous Administration is aligned with the President\u2019s America First agenda,\u201d a Pentagon spokesperson wrote in a statement at the time, in a move that reportedly<a href=\"https:\/\/www.foreignaffairs.com\/australia\/aukus-anxiety\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"\" title=\"https:\/\/www.foreignaffairs.com\/australia\/aukus-anxiety\"> rattled Australian allies<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Speaking with journalists Monday, Trump gave his assurances that submarine production for Australia is moving forward. 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