Anthony Albanese to face mounting pressure from Coalition on when he'll meet Donald Trump in person as federal parliament resumes
The Labor leader is yet to speak in person with the US commander-in-chief - who was sworn in more than six months ago - amid looming reciprocal tariffs.
The Australian's Foreign Editor Greg Sheridan told Sky News a meeting between the two leaders has 'got to occur' and 'the sooner the better'.
'The United States has something like a trillion dollars of cumulative investment in Australia that totally dwarfs anything from China. An investment, in the end, is much more important than trade,' he said to host James Macpherson on Monday night.
'It is up to Albanese in the national interest to manage his relationship with Trump. He's been ill-advised and made bad decisions all the way through.'
Mr Albanese on Monday insisted he is available for a meeting and pointed to the range of international forums coming up this year where he could meet President Trump.
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