Trump pick for Pentagon says selling submarines to Australia would be 'crazy' if Taiwan tensions flare

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One of Donald Trump's top picks for the Pentagon says selling submarines to Australia under the Aukus agreement poses a "very difficult problem" for the US and could endanger its own sailors. Elbridge Colby, Trump's nominee for undersecretary of defense for policy - the number three post at the US Department of Defense - has previously admitted he is "skeptical" about Aukus and said this week he is worried selling submarines to Australian could leave US sailors "vulnerable" because the vessels won't be "in the right place in the right time". View image in fullscreen Elbridge Colby at a Senate…