Trump 2.0: How US allies are preparing for a second term
GERMANY is waging a charm offensive inside the Republican Party. Japan is lining up its own Trump whisperer. Mexican government officials are talking to Camp Trump. And Australia is busy making laws to help Trump-proof its U.S. defence ties. Everywhere, U.S. allies are taking steps to defend or advance their interests in the event former President Donald Trump returns to power in the November elections, an even chance based on recent opinion polls in swing states. They want to avoid the cold slap that Trump's "America First" policies dealt them last time around, which included trade wars, a shakeup of…