Australia's alliance with the US has always been based on shared values, as every leader of both nations has affirmed for generations. But what values do we share with Donald Trump's America?

Until now democracy was a shared value. But Trump was not prepared to accept the people's will unless he won. That isn't democracy. It's despotism.

Freedom and equality have always been core shared values. But Trump wants Muslim immigrants banned and has based his political movement on bigotry, disparaging women, Mexicans, Muslims, the disabled and many more.

Open markets and free trade have been another shared alliance theme for the last three decades. One of Trump's great crusades is his promise to rip up existing trade agreements and impose 45 per cent tariffs on Chinese goods. He wants to restrict US investment abroad. His plan is to close markets, not open them.