Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese ’s first sit down with Donald Trump in the White House next week is a “high stakes” affair based on the US president’s past meetings with foreign leaders, according to a security expert at the Lowy Institute.
The worst possible outcome of the Oct. 20 visit risks being a “meltdown” similar to the experience earlier this year of Ukraine’s Volodymyr Zelenskiy , said Sam Roggeveen , program director at the Sydney-based organization’s International Security Program. Alternatively, he said, it could be “perfectly cordial” where the president and prime minister “agree warmly” on things.
Australia’s Leader Faces ‘High Stakes’ Trump Meeting, Lowy Says
