Trump tweets 'a yin and yang thing', Mattis is the steady hand: Minister

By David Wroe, National Security Correspondent
Updated October 4 2017 - 10:16pm, first published 5:46pm

Defence Minister Marise Payne has downplayed concerns about Donald Trump's seemingly scattergun approach to North Korea, insisting the US President is listening to his top officials, such as the respected Defence Secretary James Mattis.

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