Prime Minister  Anthony Albanese says he isn't feeling at all nervous about this month's visit to the White House to meet US President Donald Trump .

While some world leaders have been subjected to an Oval Office ambush this year – most infamously Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky – Albanese said he wasn't concerned about his October 20 meeting, pointing to a "quite lovely" letter he received from the Trump administration.

"Not at all," he said when asked if he was nervous about the meeting on Today this morning.

"I've had really warm discussions with President Trump and I received a quite lovely letter, I've got to say, of invitation to attend the White House."

While the US under Trump has pressured Australia to increase its level of defence spending, Alb

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