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16 August 2026

Meet Dave Brat, the US ambassador who ‘can speak Trump’ in Canberra

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Meet Dave Brat, the US ambassador who ‘can speak Trump’ in Canberra

“He can speak Trump,” James Braid, President Donald Trump ’s director of legislative affairs, said in a recent interview. “He can understand Trump, and he’s recognized as a longtime Trump ally. And I ...

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