U.S. President Donald Trump has talked up his positive relationship with Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese following the Australian federal election on May 3.
Australia’s centre-left Labor party is currently tracking to win 85 seats following a convincing win against the centre-right Liberal-National Coalition. This means Labor has claimed more than the 76 seats required for a majority government, defying widespread expectations that it would end up in a minority government with the Greens.
Trump, speaking to reporters about the Australian election outside the White House after disembarking from a helicopter, revealed he was very fond of Albanese.
“Well, I don’t know, Albanese I’m very friendly with. I mean, I don’t know anything about the election other than the man that won. He is very, very good, he is a friend of mine,” Trump told reporters….