It was the meeting that has been hanging over our prime minister’s head for nine months. But Anthony Albanese’s face-to-face with Donald Trump, on Tuesday morning Australian time, was never going to be easy.

It wasn’t just the presence of our American ambassador, Kevin Rudd, who once called Trump a “village idiot” and a “traitor to the West”. But how would Albanese handle the most mercurial of world leaders?

Today, North America correspondent Michael Koziol, who was in the White House with Trump and Albanese, on what Australia gained, or lost, from this meeting. And his first-hand account of what it’s like to be told off by the American president, in front of the world.

It was the meeting that has been hanging over our prime minister&rsquo;s head for nine months. But Anthony Albanese&rsquo;s face-to-face with Donald Trump, on Tuesday morning Australian time, was&nbsp;never&nbsp;going to be easy. It wasn&rsquo;t just the presence of our American ambassador, Kevin Rudd, who once called Trump a &ldquo;village idiot&rdquo; and a &ldquo;traitor to the West&rdquo;. But how would Albanese handle the most mercurial of world leaders? Today, North America correspondent Michael Koziol, who was in the White House with Trump and Albanese, on what Australia gained, or lost, from this meeting. And his first-hand account of what it&rsquo;s like to be told off by the American president, in front of the world.

The Morning Edition (formerly Please Explain) brings you the story behind the story with the best journalists in Australia. Join host Samantha Selinger-Morris from the newsrooms of The Sydney Morning Herald and The Age, weekdays from 5am.

The Morning Edition (formerly Please Explain) brings you the story behind the story with the best journalists in Australia. Join host Samantha Selinger-Morris from the newsrooms of The Sydney Morning Herald and The Age, weekdays from 5am.

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The Morning Edition brings you the story behind the story with the best journalists in Australia. Join host Samantha Selinger-Morris from the newsrooms of The Sydney Morning Herald and The Age, weekdays from 5am.

The Morning Edition brings you the story behind the story with the best journalists in Australia. Join host Samantha Selinger-Morris from the newsrooms of The Sydney Morning Herald and The Age, weekdays from 5am.

Inside the Trump and Albanese meeting: two deals and a humiliation

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