Documents reveal Australia’s efforts to stay neutral as Donald Trump claimed electoral fraud

US political insider admits there are reasons to worry' for its democracy as allies wonder at damage done to the west's credibility

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A longtime US foreign policy official is frank when asked whether Australia should worry about risks to American democracy.

I can't, with a straight face, say there's nothing to worry about," says Richard Fontaine, head of the Center for a New American Security, an influential Washington thinktank.