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The Guardian - AU
The Guardian - AU
National
Josh Butler

Albanese says he hasn’t received direct request for help after Trump takes swipe at ‘not great’ Australia

Anthony Albanese at the White House in 2025 with Donald Trump
Donald Trump, who met Anthony Albanese at the White House in 2025, says he is surprised by Australia’s ‘not great’ response to his attacks on Iran. Photograph: Yuri Gripas/Shutterstock

Donald Trump has taken another swipe at Australia, alongside Nato, the UK and most of the rest of the world, for not getting more involved in the US-Israel war against Iran.

But Australia’s prime minister, Anthony Albanese, again said he had not received any direct requests for help from Trump, and noted the government had not been given any advance notice of the US-Israel military strikes on Iran.

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