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How Albanese can deal with Trump

The prime minister won’t need to ingratiate himself with the US president as other leaders have done – and he has some advantages.

James CurranInternational editor

Nov 7, 2024 – 5.52pm

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Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has already received plenty of free advice from his predecessors on how to handle Donald J. Trump.

But this time the task is different. In 2016, Trump was an unknown. Many were passing off his election as an aberration. Just ride it out, they said.

James Curran is The Australian Financial Review’s international editor and professor of modern history at Sydney University.

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