The UK, the United States, and Australia are rushing to expand their trilateral defense partnership, AUKUS, to other allies ahead of potentially tumultuous elections in all three countries over the next 14 months, Politico reports. A senior diplomat involved in the negotiations told the agency that Japan and Canada intend to join the so-called second paragraph of the AUKUS agreement, according to which the participants will sign a broad cooperation in the field of military technology by the end of 2024 or early 2025. This comes amid fears in Washington, London, and Canberra that Donald Trump c…