Japan’s new PM is the 'Trump whisperer'. Will she compel Albanese to follow suit?

The new Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi is so pro-Donald Trump she’s become known as the “Trump whisperer”. She also just gained an enormous amount of power in a historic landslide election win. What will this do to Australia, if she encourages Prime Minister Anthony Albanese to strengthen our ties with the United States? Today, Peter Hartcher on how Australia manages this new relationship with the Japanese prime minister, while heeding calls to decouple from the United States. Subscribe to The Age & SMH: https://subscribe.smh.com.au/ See omnystudio.com/listener (https://omnystudio.com/listener) for privacy information.