Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has declared he “likes” US President Donald Trump and looks forward to their meeting on October 20.

The comments come after Mr Albanese said in 2017 that President Trump “scares the shit” out of him and that “we’ve got to deal with him” as the leader.

Asked by Sky News Sunday Agenda if he President Trump following their several phone calls and first brief face-to-face meeting.

“Oh, I do. They've been very warm, the conversations that we've had,” Mr Albanese said

“And he was very generous in the comments that he made when we discussed after my re-election. I look forward to sitting down with him.”

It has taken Mr Albanese more than 250 days to secure an official bilateral meeting with the US President, compared to the average of 82 days for previous p

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