Awkward second Donald Trump confronts Kevin Rudd throughout White House assembly with Anthony Albanese – after the PM indicators essential minerals deal and will get AUKUS assurance

At the beginning of the assembly, Trump and Albanese signed the framework of a essential minerals deal, which the US might use to assist fight China.

‘We obtained it completed simply in time for the go to,’ Trump stated.’And we work collectively very a lot on uncommon earths, essential minerals and many different issues, and we have had an excellent relationship. We’ve been engaged on that for fairly some time.’

Albanese stated the minerals deal would take the US-Australia relationship to ‘the subsequent stage’. The Prime Minister can be hoping the deal can be utilized as leverage in any tariff negotiations with the US.’

This is an $8.5 billion pipeline that now we have able to go,’ Mr Albanese stated whereas signing a deal that Trump added had been negotiated over a interval of 4 or 5 months.

The settlement concerned the processing of minerals, the leaders stated.

Critical minerals and uncommon earths have turn into a major challenge within the US-China commerce battle. Beijing has put strict guidelines on their exports, which has angered Trump.

The US President has met with Anthony Albanese on the White House, and in true Trump fashion, it did not go fairly as deliberate.

Trump misplaced his cool when he discovered that Australia’s Ambassador to the US Kevin Rudd, who was additionally welcomed to the White House as a part of the Australian delegation, was essential of him earlier than taking the job.

In what was in any other case a pleasant assembly, Trump obtained curt with Rudd on the formal talks when he discovered that he had stated ‘dangerous’ issues about him.

Asked if he had any considerations with Albanese’s administration, together with Rudd’s previous feedback, Trump stated, ‘I do not know something about him.

If you say dangerous, then possibly he’d wish to apologise. I actually do not know.

”Did an envoy say one thing dangerous?’

Trump questioned as he turned to Albanese sitting beside him within the Cabinet Room.’Don’t inform me, I do not need to know,’ he joked, as Albanese acknowledged that Rudd did.

Trump then snapped: ‘Where is he? Is he nonetheless working for you?’

Albanese nodded and pointed throughout the desk at Rudd, prompting laughs from these within the room.

Trump then requested Rudd if he stated ‘dangerous’ issues about him.

‘Before I took this place, Mr President,’ Rudd stated.

‘I do not such as you both, and I most likely by no means will,’ Trump shot again.

In 2020, Rudd acknowledged on social media that he thought of Trump the ‘most harmful’ president in US historical past.

He deleted these feedback in November 2024 after Trump’s election win, explaining it was ‘out of respect’ for the workplace of the president.

Albanese has additionally been essential of Trump up to now – nevertheless it was all pleasantries after they met face-to-face because the Prime Minister described the 2 international locations as ‘nice associates and nice allies’, and complimented the US President for his international coverage initiatives.

He stated Trump’s work within the Middle East, which led to the Israel-Hamas ceasefire and remaining Israeli hostages being launched, was an ‘extraordinary achievement’.

The President informed reporters gathered for photos of the arrival that he hoped to perform ‘quite a bit’ with Albanese and stated his message to the Australian folks is: ‘We love them.’

Trump praised Albanese for doing a ‘unbelievable job’, and stated ‘I hear you are extremely popular as we speak’.

‘It’s an ideal honour to have you ever as my buddy,’ Mr Trump stated.

‘It’s an ideal honour to have you ever within the United States of America.’

Albanese invited Trump to come back to Australia, which the President stated he would ‘severely think about.’

Trump has given no assure that Australia will probably be granted exemptions from his controversial tariffs.

The assembly with Albanese was billed as pivotal: commerce, tariffs, essential minerals and the AUKUS pact all on the desk.

But Albanese leaves Washington and not using a dedication that Australia industries will not be exhausting hit by tariffs

Trump hosted a personal three-course lunch for Albanese following the talks.

Entree was a fall inexperienced salad with tomatoes and a honey dressing adopted by a rosemary roast hen with celery root puree, asparagus, collard greens, and Dijon mustard.

The meal completed in Aussie fashion with Red Bartlett Pear Pavlova accompanied by candied ginger ice cream and berry compote.

Australia’s Ambassador to the US Kevin Rudd has been pictured leaving the White House after he was publicly humiliated by Trump through the President’s formal talks with Albanese.

The former Australian PM placed on a courageous face and smile as he departed after Trump realized through the assembly that Rudd had beforehand stated ‘dangerous’ issues about him.

‘Before I took this place, Mr President,’ Rudd informed him.

‘I do not such as you both, and I most likely by no means will,’ Trump shot again.

Trump publicly berated The Nightly’s Latika Bourke in a fiery alternate after she requested whether or not he would declare Russia as a terrorist state if it does not finish the battle with Ukraine.

‘Why do not you allow Ukraine to complete this battle tomorrow?’ she requested.

She was shortly shut down by Trump.

‘Well should you knew something about what you are speaking about,’ he informed her.

‘I do not assume you do,’ he added as Bourke tried to interrupt.

‘It’s a little bit bit extra difficult than that.’

He then informed Bourke to ‘be quiet.’

Watch the fiery alternate under.

Trump has vowed to escalate the AUKUS defence pact to offer nuclear-powered submarines to Australia initially promised beneath the previous Biden administration.

‘It was made some time go and no person did something about it,’ he stated.

‘It was going too slowly. We do even have lots of submarines, now we have the perfect submarines wherever on this planet.“

‘We’re constructing a number of extra at present beneath development and now now we have all of it set.

‘With Anthony we’ve labored on this lengthy and exhausting. We’re beginning that course of proper now. I believe it’s actually shifting alongside very quickly, very properly.“

Asked if he might assure Australia would get the boats, Trump stated: ‘Oh they’re getting them.’

Albanese has taken to X within the final hour to reward President Trump.

He additionally shared two images of Trump giving him a tour of the White House.

‘President Trump, thanks for the nice and cozy welcome to the White House. Working collectively we will ship for each Australia and the United States,’ he tweeted.

The White House assembly is the primary time the leaders have held formal bilateral talks, and is the sixth time Albanese has spoken with Trump since he was re-elected in November.

The two had been meant to fulfill for the primary time on the sidelines of the G7 summit in Canada in June – however Trump needed to depart early as a consequence of rising tensions between Israel and Iran.

While that they had a short encounter on the welcome reception for world leaders on the United Nations General Assembly in New York final month, this marks the primary time the 2 have sat down for a devoted bilateral assembly.

Albanese was joined by Resources Minister Madeleine King and Industry Minister Tim Ayres.

On the US facet of the desk, Trump had Vice President JD Vance, Chief of Staff Susie Wiles, Secretary of War Pete Hegseth, Secretary of State Marco Rubio, Interior Secretary Doug Burgum, and Secretary of the Navy John Phelan,

The Prime Minister additionally went into the assembly hoping to achieve assurances the US wouldn’t sever ties with the AUKUS settlement, which might give Australia nuclear submarines.

The greater than $300billion trilateral settlement struck with former president Joe Biden had been beneath evaluation by the US Defense Department to make sure it aligned with the ‘America first’ agenda of Trump’s administration.

Trump stated that AUKUS was ‘shifting alongside quickly’, and confirmed that Australia would get nuclear submarines beneath the settlement.

When a reporter requested how Trump might assure Australia will get the subs, the President replied: ‘Oh no, they’re getting them.’

‘We have all of it set, with Anthony we have labored on this lengthy and exhausting and we’re beginning that course of proper now and I believe it is actually shifting alongside actually quickly,’ Trump later added.

Secretary of the Navy John Phelan stated the US and Australia’s navy partnership was vital, particularly for America to ‘mission energy into the Indo-Pacific’.

He stated AUKUS was being labored on to ‘make clear ambiguites’.

‘We’re trying on the AUKUS relationship and making it higher for (the international locations concerned),’ Phelan stated through the assembly.

Trump clarified to reporters that the ambiguities had been ‘minor particulars’ and that Phelan would ‘get that taken care of’.