{
  "id": 2046977,
  "title": "Australians are paying Trump to fix F-35 fighter jets — and they’re America’s planes, not ours",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/20/australians-are-paying-trump-to-fix-f-35-fighter-jets-and-theyre",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-08-20T00:14:58.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Crikey",
    "slug": "crikey",
    "url": "https://www.crikey.com.au/2026/08/20/f35-fighter-jets-australian-taxpayer-trump-administration/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Australia, as a 'partner nation' for the F-35, is joining with other countries to contribute $1.44 billion to the reset. It's a preview of what lies in store for Australian taxpayers under AUKUS. The post Australians are paying Trump to fix F-35 fighter jets — and they’re America’s planes, not ours appeared first on Crikey .",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 3,
    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "The Sydney Morning Herald",
        "title": "Trump’s America faces a ‘doom loop’ as it falls in a $56 trillion hole",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/20/trumps-america-faces-a-doom-loop-as-it-falls-in-a-56-trillion-hole",
        "published": "2026-08-20T01:45:00.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "The Age",
        "title": "Trump’s America faces a ‘doom loop’ as it falls in a $56 trillion hole",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/20/trumps-america-faces-a-doom-loop-as-it-falls-in-a-56-trillion-hole-2054571",
        "published": "2026-08-20T01:45:00.000Z"
      }
    ]
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}