A senior Liberal Party figure and former diplomat has warned of the "alarming" consequences of a "ghastly" Donald Trump returning to the White House, predicting the Republican candidate would "absolutely" start World War III.
George Brandis, a former federal attorney-general and foreign ambassador, told the ABC's Q+A on Monday that Trump's foreign policy would be "a real danger to the West".
He said Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy should be particularly concerned as the war with Russia ground on.
"He [Trump], in my view, would on day one throw Zelenskyy under a bus," said Mr Brandis, who served as Australia's high commissioner to the United Kingdom from 2018 to 2022.
"He would send a signal to [Russian President Vladimir] Putin that Putin can get away with what he likes. Does anybody believe that Trump would defend the Baltic states? Of course he wouldn't.
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