‘Complete humiliation': Donald Trump ‘snubs' Anthony Albanese at G7
The Australian Foreign Editor Greg Sheridan discusses Prime Minister Anthony Albanese's 'complete humiliation' after being 'snubbed' by US President Donald Trump at the G7 meeting.
'There's no getting around it, this is a complete humiliation for Albanese, so Trump has had multiple, multiple meetings with Starmer and Carney, but he'd rather another meeting with them than have his first ever meeting with Albanese," Mr Sheridan told Sky News Australia.
'It is a complete snub.'
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