Is Donald Trump trying to shake down Australia with the $368 billion AUKUS deal?

The $368 billion AUKUS deal between Australia, the US and UK, for 8 submarines we will likely never get, is Australia biggest fraud scam.

So, when the Donald Trump administration announced on Thursday (12/6/25) they were reviewing the AUKUS deal the first thing that came to mind is Trump trying to rip Australia off even more?

Every grifter on both sides of politics, Labor Party and Liberal Party, seems to have their snout in the trough with even Scott Morrison being welcomed back into the fold, by the Labor and Liberal Parties, for a piece of the action. 

From when Donald Trump started campaigning for the US Presidency and in the weeks after he was inaugurated in January 2025 trolls were everywhere on the internet saying what a great job he would do.

But when Donald Trump’s grifting became obvious, with such things at the Trump coin cryptocurrency, the trolls disappeared quickly.

So, with Donald Trump’s main gaol of his Presidency being to make as much money as he can, and with the long list of Australian political grifters trying to cash in on AUKUS, it points to a possibility that the so-called “review” by the Donald Trump administration is nothing more than an attempt to shake down the Australian government for more cash.

I have also published a video of this article as per below:

Bribery in the defence industry is rife

Former Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison and his mates cashed in on the deal with the French and then cancelled the deal and did a runner with the cash. Now Morrison and his mates are trying to cash in on AUKUS.

In May 2020 I published an article titled “Has Scott Morrison’s best mates David Gazard and Peter Costello again fraudulently profited from Australia’s $90 billion Liberal Party / submarine slush fund?” which starts off:

Australia’s $90 billion submarine contract was only finalised in 2019 after Scott Morrison’s best mates David Gazard and Peter Costello were cut into the action by Morrison. That alone says there needs to be an open and public inquiry into the contract.

On Wednesday (6/5/20) further details were reported about suspect financial decisions regarding the deal.

The Australian defence force approved Australian taxpayer-funded pay rises and bonuses for the staff at the French-owned Naval Group Australia even though “the project is already billions of dollars over budget and years behind schedule”. (Click here to read more)

In September 2021 I published an article titled “France had Scott Morrison’s mate David Gazard on their payroll for the $90 billion Submarine scam. Has Morrison pulled off one of the biggest stings ever?” which starts off:

The Submarine contract with France, who have a long history of bribing other countries for defence contracts, was always a major scam that blew out from $50 billion to $90 billion in a couple of years with millions flowing into the hands of Liberal Party cronies.

France openly had several Liberal Party cronies on their payroll, including Scott Morrison’s close friends David Gazard and Peter Costello, so they thought they owned the Australian government and that is why the French are so mad with Morrison cancelling the deal.

As with most major frauds it is a case of following the money to find the truth. I have been following the money in this matter since 2016 with a number of articles. (Click here to read more)

In March 2023 I published an article titled “Nine chairman Peter Costello is now promoting war with China after making $millions lobbying for defence companies” which starts off:

Nine Entertainment-owned papers have been talking up the prospects of Australia going to war with China while failing to declare that Nine chairman Peter Costello has made $millions in recent years lobbying on behalf of defence companies.

Former Prime Minister Paul Keating has also stuck his head up while never declaring he was and possibly still is on China’s payroll and executive editor of The Sydney Morning Herald and The Age, Tory Maguire, is sleeping with the enemy.

One of the numerous articles on this matter in Nine’s “Red Alert series” is titled “Australia faces the threat of war with China within three years – and we’re not ready” which is written as a statement of fact but is only an opinion piece which I find pathetic as it is blatant warmongering. The first question that should be asked is who benefits from propaganda like that? (Click here to read more)

Australia’s submarine planning

Australia’s plans for new submarines have been in the pipeline for over 15 years but nothing has been achieved. Why? So why would we trust the government now with AUKUS?

Australian comedian Mark Humphries sums up what a joke it is in the below video he posted on Twitter:

(Click anywhere on the below video to watch)

(The video is also on Mark Humphries Facebook page: click here) 

Australian grifters

The number of grifters trying to cash in on AUKUS is growing by the day.

I published an article in September 2024 titled “The Labor and Liberal politicians set to make $millions from the AUKUS money train. The AUKUS scam exposed” and followed up with another article in January 2025 titled “How Liberal Party’s Joe Hockey steals from the $368 billion AUKUS fraud scam from cradle to grave“.

The latest to join the AUKUS gravy train is “Yaron Finkelstein, who was chief adviser to former prime minister Scott Morrison when he signed up to the AUKUS pact”. (Click here to read more)

Yaron Finkelstein showed up in evidence during the Bruce Lehrmann / Brittany Higgins parliament house rape scandal. He was Morrison’s hatchment man who swept the corruption under the carpet.

Just for the record. Scott Morrison signed the AUKUS deal as I wrote in 2021:

Scott Morrison’s announcement of the Claytons deal with the US and UK for nuclear Submarines achieves nothing but to shine a light on the original scam further. As journalist Peter Hartcher from the SMH says below there is no deal with the US and UK. There is only an agreement with the US and UK to possibly come to an agreement in the future which is a joke and not worth the choreographed announcement between Morrison, Joe Biden and Boris Johnson that happened.

Australia’s Claytons submarine deal with the US and the UK – Peter Hartcher on The Drum 16/9/21

It is Prime Minister Anthony Albanese and the federal Labor government that negotiated the final AUKUS deal and came up with the $368 billion price tag.

Some reports say the terms of AUKUS contract are so bad for Australia that the US and UK don’t have to deliver the submarines if they decide not to and Australia can’t get our money back if they don’t.

I think there is a good chance that the AUKUS fraud scam will be both Scott Morrison’s and Anthony Albanese’s legacy as Prime Minister and it won’t be something for them to be proud of.