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I don't like you: Trump confronts Rudd · The Front

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  Speaker 1: Today's biggest news from The Australian. I'm Claire Harvey with
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  Speaker 1: a special headlines edition of the Front. Anthony Albanese's White
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  Speaker 1: House meeting has gone off perfectly with the Prime Minister
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  Speaker 1: and Australia fated by Donald Trump.
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  Speaker 2: He's done a fantastic job as the Prime Minister. We're
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  Speaker 2: here to talk about trade, submarines, lots of other military equipment.
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  Speaker 2: They're big orderers of our great military equipment. We're the
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  Speaker 2: best equipment to anywhere in the world by far. We've
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  Speaker 2: been long term, long time allies, and I would say
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  Speaker 2: there's never been anybody better. We fought wars together. We
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  Speaker 2: never had any doubts and it's a great honor to
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  Speaker 2: have you as my friend. It's a great honor to
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  Speaker 2: have you in the United States of America.
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  Speaker 1: Albanese sat by the President's side in the White House,
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  Speaker 1: flanked by his Chief of Staff Susie Wilds, Secretary of
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  Speaker 1: War Pete Hegsith and Secretary of State Marco Rubio, among
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  Speaker 1: other top officials. The two countries have signed a deal
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  Speaker 1: on critical minerals, and the President told The Australian's political
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  Speaker 1: editor Jeff Chambers, he was confident the Orcust Submarine Alliance
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  Speaker 1: would help the US and her allies contain China. Do
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  Speaker 1: you see aucas as the deterred for China in the
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  Speaker 1: United States?
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, I do. I think it is, but I don't
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  Speaker 2: think we're going to need it. I think we'll be
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  Speaker 2: just fine with China. China doesn't want to do that.
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  Speaker 2: First of all, the United States is the strongest military
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  Speaker 2: power in the world by far. It's not even close,
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  Speaker 2: not even closse. We have the best equipment, we have
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  Speaker 2: the best of everything, and nobody's going to mess with that.
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  Speaker 2: And I don't see that at all with presidency. I
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  Speaker 2: think we're going to get along very well as it
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  Speaker 2: pretends to Taiwan and others.
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  Speaker 1: The only awkward moment, and it was a doozy, was
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  Speaker 1: when a reporter reminded Trump that Albanese's ambassador, former Prime
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  Speaker 1: Minister Kevin Rudd, wasn't a fan it's meeting. Have you
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  Speaker 1: had any concerns for this minstration with a stance on Palestine,
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  Speaker 1: climate change, or even things the ambassador said about you
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  Speaker 1: in the past.
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  Speaker 2: He's strain Inveastador. I don't know anything about him, and
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  Speaker 2: if you said bad, then maybe he'll like to apologize.
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  Speaker 2: I really don't know. Did an ambassador something bad? Don't
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  Speaker 2: tell me where is he?
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  Speaker 1: After Trump's first term, Rud posted on social media that
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  Speaker 1: he was a traitor to the West and the most
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  Speaker 1: destructive president in history.
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  Speaker 2: You said bad? This positions to President. I don't like
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  Speaker 2: you either and probably never will.
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  Speaker 1: Rud was later seen personally apologizing to the president. Check
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  Speaker 1: out that story live right now at the Australian dot
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  Speaker 1: com dot a you and come back to the front
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  Speaker 1: first thing in the morning for our close look at
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  Speaker 1: what the meeting means and where to from here.