As the US opts for more of Trump’s unpredictability, Albanese will be focusing on what he can control

The return of the disrupter-in-chief will also elevate the level of tension in global politics exponentially

• Morrison and Abbott praise Trump's self-belief' as Albanese welcomes likely counterpart

There's preparing hypothetically for the return of Donald Trump, and then there is the reality.

With Trump's victory confirmed, the Albanese government is now bracing for punishing tariffs on Australian exports, a shrinking world economy and a shift in the axis of global power - not towards the US but away from it.

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