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Trump Familiar With and Supportive of AUKUS, Hegseth Says

Sarah Salem

Monday, February 10th, 2025

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Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth said Friday President Trump would support the AUKUS agreement with Australia. The defense secretary made the remarks while meeting his Australian counterpart, Defense Minister Richard Marles, at the Pentagon. Hegseth said this after Australia made its first payment of $500 million last week toward the $3 billion investment promised to the United States. "The president ... recognizes the importance of the defense industrial base," Hegseth said about AUKUS in opening remarks at the meeting, according…

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