Meeting Trump has become a box Albanese needs to tick
The big prize was meeting the orange man in the Rockies and his “perfectly understandable” snub of Albanese ensured it was the PM’s worst trip abroad in terms of how it played out back home.
In terms of putting his case for free trade to the US administration, as he had been angling to do for months, Anthony Albanese did not leave the Canadian Rockies completely empty-handed on Wednesday.
After Donald Trump stood up Albanese and a handful of other not-insignificant leaders by departing the G7 early, citing a need to get back home to sort out the Israel-Iran conflict, some deft manoeuvring by Australia’s US Ambassador Kevin Rudd and others helped, in part, salvage the situation.
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Phillip Coorey is the political editor based in Canberra. He is a two-time winner of the Paul Lyneham award for press gallery excellence. Connect with Phillip on Facebook and Twitter. Email Phillip at pcoorey@afr.com
