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Selfie and ‘warm chat’ with Trump a small win, but Albanese must cement alliance at next meeting
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Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese (left) and US President Donald Trump posing for a selfie at the UN in New York during their first-ever face-to-face meeting.
PHOTO: ALBOMP/INSTAGRAM
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SYDNEY – At his first face-to-face meeting with US President Donald Trump on Sept 24, Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese, who has been trying to secure a meeting for months, took the opportunity to quickly take a selfie with him and post it on social media.
The selfie was a stark reminder that this brief encounter at a busy reception in New York was not the meeting Mr Albanese had hoped for when he left Australia on Sept 21 for the US.
