Trump endorses AUKUS, but questions remain

US President Donald Trump’s statement for AUKUS supporters “continue at full speed” The statements regarding the submarine pact during his meeting with Prime Minister Anthony Albanese were, of course, welcome news.

But the problem of supplying actual boats, which critics have been pointing out for months, remains: Even before the AUKUS agreement was signed, the United States was not producing Virginia-class nuclear-powered submarines quickly enough to meet its own needs, let alone share them with its allies.