How Donald Trump has ghosted Anthony Albanese AGAIN – just a day after the President cancelled meeting

By MAX AITCHISON, POLITICAL REPORTER FOR DAILY MAIL AUSTRALIA

Published: 01:02 BST, 18 June 2025 | Updated: 01:18 BST, 18 June 2025

Anthony Albanese has admitted that Donald Trump has failed to call him after the US President cancelled their meeting to deal with the Iran-Israel crisis.

The Prime Minister’s plan to meet Trump on the last day of the G7 Leaders summit in Canada’s Alberta province was scotched when the US Commander-in-Chief left the event early due to the escalating situation in the Middle East.

Albanese was asked if Trump had rang him since the cancellation – a gesture he has afforded other world leaders – at a press conference on Wednesday morning.    

‘No, he hasn’t. But I spoke with key advisors to the President,’ Albanese responded.

‘The President has been engaged… with the circumstances around Iran and Israel. It’s perfectly understandable the decision that he made. 

‘That meant that the meetings that were scheduled – not just with myself, but with India, Ukraine, including President Zelensky, Mexico and other countries, didn’t go ahead today. 

‘But we’re all mature about that. We understand the circumstances.’

However, Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum said she had a ‘very good’ phone call with Trump after their meeting was also cancelled. 

Anthony Albanese has admitted that Donald Trump has failed to call him after the US President cancelled their meeting to deal with the Iran-Israel crisis

This is despite Trump ringing Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum (pictured second from left) after also cancelling a meeting with them (Pictured, left to right: Albanese, Sheinbaum, President of France Emmanuel Macron and Prime Minister of Canada Mark Carney)

‘We agreed to work together to quickly reach an agreement on various issues of concern to us today,’ Sheinbaum added in a statement on X.

Albanese was asked about this discrepancy in treatment but he brushed it off.

‘I’m not driven by issues like that,’ he responded.

‘I understand that there’s important things happening…I’m mature about these things.’

Albanese insisted that he would meet ‘soon’, leaving the door open to a possible meeting at the NATO summit next week.

‘I’m considering discussions with a range of people over the last couple of days obviously including, I met with the NATO secretary general yesterday, he’s well known to me,’ Albanese said. 

He had said on Tuesday that Defence Minister Richard Marles would attend the summit in The Hague. 

As a consolation, Albanese was handed two 20-minute consolation meetings with senior US officials in Kananaskis on Tuesday local time.

Trump left the G7 early to deal with the Israel-Iran crisis

The PM and Australia’s ambassador to the US Kevin Rudd met with US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent, Direction of National Economic Council Kevin Hassett and US Trade Representative Jamieson Greer.

‘I spoke with President Trump’s senior economic team today at the G7 Summit about how we can strengthen our partnership,’ Albanese said in a statement.

‘Our free-flowing trade and investment has supported American and Australian workers, businesses, and investors – making both our countries more prosperous.’

They discussed trade, tariffs, and Australia’s critical minerals and rare earth minerals.

But they reportedly did not discuss concerns about the AUKUS deal with the US and UK, which Trump has placed under a 30-day review.

However, Albanese did discuss the submarine deal with UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer, with both leaders vowing to take their commitment to the security pact to ‘another level’.  

‘We’ve both taken it on ourselves to take it to another level when it comes to defence and security, to our work on AUKUS, but also on issues like energy and the global issues that matter,’ Starmer said, according to The Australian.

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How Donald Trump has ghosted Anthony Albanese AGAIN – just a day after the President cancelled meeting

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