President Trump and Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese signed a rare-earth development agreement at the start of their meeting Monday.
Neither man described to the press the precise terms of the documents, but the signing comes after China this month imposed export restrictions on rare-earth and critical minerals.
While answering questions from the press, President Trump tore into a foreign ambassador on Monday who badmouthed him in the past.
“Did an ambassador say something bad about me?” Trump asked Albanese when a journalist mentioned Australian Ambassador Kevin Rudd’s prior remarks vilifying the 45th and 47th president. “Where is he? Is he still working for you?”
Albanese informed Trump that Rudd, a former prime minister and Australia’s top diplomat in Washington since 2023, was sitting across the table, prompting Trump to ask, “You said bad?”
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