Australia's defence minister woke up to a nightmare earlier this week - and it's one that has been looming ever since the United States re-elected Donald Trump as president in November. A landmark trilateral agreement between the US,

Congressional Democrats condemned the review as casting doubt over the strength of America's alliances with Britain and Australia.

The Trump administration may try to squeeze more concessions out of Australia as part of “the art of the deal,” but it does not want to spike the relationship entirely.