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Diplomatic: a Washington memoir Joe Hockey with Leo Shanahan.

Diplomatic: a Washington memoir Joe Hockey with Leo Shanahan.
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ISBN 9781460759516
Shelf Location B/HOC
Author Hockey, Joe
Title Diplomatic : a Washington memoir / Joe Hockey with Leo Shanahan.
Publication Details Sydney, NSW:
©2022 HarperCollins,
Collation 306 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : colour illustrations ;
General Note "Navigating the US alliance in the age of Obama, Trump, Biden and beyond" -- Cover.
Abstract/Summary In September 2015, Joe Hockey's promising political career was brought to a dramatic end when Malcolm Turnbull successfully challenged Prime Minister Tony Abbott for the Liberal Leadership. After felling the Abbott/Hockey Government, Turnbull informed Hockey that he would no longer be treasurer of Australia - a deal had been struck with Scott Morrison. Instead, Turnbull offered Hockey a new role: Australia's Ambassador to the United States. Traversing the worlds of politics, business and diplomacy, Joe Hockey's Diplomatic is an insightful, honest and at times hilarious insider's memoir recounting the former treasurer's unique diplomatic style. It chronicles the evolution, depth and complexity of the US-Australian relationship, from the final year of the Obama administration, the triumph and chaos of the Trump presidency and then on to the two nations' shared future under President Joe Biden and beyond. Based in Washington DC, Ambassador Hockey immediately found himself in the middle of the historic 2016 presidential campaign between Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump. Despite strong objections from his own government, Hockey reached out to the Trump campaign early on. Betting on the electoral appeal of the brash, anti-establishment candidate, Hockey secured priceless early diplomatic contacts within the Trump campaign and then his administration. Anchored by Hockey's direct interaction with Trump's dysfunctional White House, Diplomatic reveals for the first time the aftermath of the leaked phone call between the US president and Prime Minister Turnbull. Hockey recalls his personal dealings with Trump on the golf course and the cavalcade of characters who came in and out of Trump's Oval Office, including Steve Bannon, Stephen Miller and Mick Mulvaney. Donald Trump's unconventional presidency turned politics and diplomatic relations in Washington DC on its head. When Joe Hockey found himself an unlikely diplomat in this new world order, his unorthodox dealmaking instincts placed him in the hot seat at precisely the right moment in history.
Subject Hockey, Joe, -- 1965-
Diplomats -- Australia -- Biography
Diplomatic and consular service, Australian -- Biography
Ambassadors -- Australia -- Biography
Australia -- Foreign relations -- United States
United States -- Foreign relations -- Australia
Autobiographies
Biographies
Other Author Shanahan, Leo
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