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Shorten, who is
campaigning against Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull ahead of
national elections on July 2, pledged to continue Australia's
close relationship with the United States regardless of the
outcome of the U.S. election.
But he made no secret of which candidate he preferred.
"In terms of Hillary Clinton or Donald Trump, I have to say that
if I was in America, I would be voting for Hillary Clinton,"
Shorten told reporters.
"Whoever America elects we'll deal with but there's no doubt in
my mind that Trump would be very difficult, I think, to deal
with."
Trump's often controversial comments on everything from Muslims
and women to the future of NATO and relations with Russia have
drawn criticism from Berlin, Paris and other European capitals.
British Prime Minister David Cameron this week stood by his
description of Trump's plan to ban Muslims from entering the
United States as "divisive, stupid and wrong" after Trump said
that he was unlikely to have a good relationship with Cameron.
(Reporting by Matt Siegel; Editing by Nick Macfie)
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