Washington: There is no way to describe Anthony Albanese’s first proper meeting with Donald Trump as anything other than a raging success.
With one glaring exception, Albanese achieved everything he came to Washington to do: he inked a landmark critical minerals deal, secured the US president’s emphatic support for the AUKUS defence pact, and shared an apparently genuine camaraderie with Trump - who called Australia “an amazing ally”.
Prime Minister Anthony Albanese and President Donald Trump appeared to share a genuine camaraderie. Credit: AAP
“There’s never been any games,” Trump enthused at one point. “There are some games with other countries, but there haven’t been games with Australia.”
The meeting was moved at late notice from the Oval Office to the Cabinet Room, where the