Revealed: how Albanese tried and failed (so far) to get a meeting with Trump

Exclusive: Documents show how fraught the effort was to line up a one-on-one between the Australian and US leaders in June, with the PM again hoping to meet Trump next week

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Anthony Albanese is anticipating his first face-to-face meeting with Donald Trump next week.

If it goes ahead, it will be the culmination of a long and complicated process of diplomatic scheduling, according to documents obtained by Guardian Australia under freedom of information.

Their meeting was locked in just days before;

Officials’ uncertainty over the status of the meeting;

The response among Australian officials when the US president cancelled meetings with Albanese and other world leaders.

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