View from The Hill: a budding Trump-Albanese bromance?
- Anthony Albanese won a decisive re-election as Australian prime minister in the May 2025 federal election dominated by cost-of-living and trade tensions in Canberra.
- The victory followed Labor's strong campaign that overcame initial polling deficits amid a US-imposed 10 percent tariff and fears of Trump-style policies promoted by opposition leader Peter Dutton.
- Following the election, Albanese held a warm congratulatory call with former US President Donald Trump discussing tariffs, the AUKUS security pact, and future cooperation plans between the allies.
- Albanese criticized Trump’s tariffs as 'unwarranted' and 'not the act of a friend,' while affirming ongoing engagement on trade and defense with Trump calling him a 'very good' leader.
- The result implies continued diplomacy between Australia and the US on economic and strategic issues, while the Labor government prepares to address legislative priorities and face a challenging parliamentary term.
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It took an election win, but Anthony Albanese on Monday finally received that much-awaited phone call from US President Donald Trump. The conversation was “warm and positive,” the prime minister told a news conference, thanking the president for “reaching out.” “I won’t go into all of the personal comments that he made, but he was […] The post Albanese win opens the way for a Trump bromance appeared first on Asia Times.
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