Fresh from a tropical holiday, the Australian prime minister caught the US president at his effusive best
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Anthony Albanese was so pleased about his first meeting with Donald Trump, so chuffed with the overwhelming – and somewhat unexpected – praise from the president, the prime minister joked that he’d use the endorsements in his campaign ads at the next election.
That’s obviously unlikely to happen – consider the effective campaign Albanese ran against Peter Dutton by comparing him to Trump, and the Labor left flank already ropable over what they view as a fawning and “shameful capitulation” over Aukus and critical minerals.
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