Posted originally on CTH on October 20, 2025 | Sundance 

Earlier today, U.S. President Donald Trump held a bilateral meeting with Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese in the White House.

The media were invited to the first segment of the discussions, and an impromptu press conference took place.  WATCH:

Australia represents one of the intelligence operations known as the Five-Eyes network.  Unfortunately, as noted during the COVID-19 fiasco, Australia is also the petri dish for global intelligence services to test the limits of government power and control over the citizens in western nations.

After an Australian reporter asked President Trump if he had any concerns with Prime Minister Anthony Albanese’s administration, including Australian Ambassador Kevin Rudd’s past comments about him, President Trump said “I don’t know anything about him.” Ambassador Rudd replied that the comments were made “before I took this position, Mr. President.”