Australia ‘out of step' with the US in ‘so many ways'
Sky News contributor Prue MacSween says Prime Minister Anthony Albanese's meeting with US President Donald Trump will be 'quite uncomfortable'.
Ms MacSween told Sky News host Rita Panahi that Australia is 'out of step' with the US in 'so many ways'.
The US has unleashed on a number of nations, including Australia, for placing sanctions on two senior Israeli ministers.
US Secretary of State Marco Rubio said in a statement that the sanctions do not advance U.S.-led efforts to achieve a ceasefire.
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