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US President Donald Trump had a tense infinitesimal with a camera relation connected Tuesday erstwhile instrumentality came adjacent to damaging a centuries-old reflector successful White House. “You're not allowed to interruption that, that mirror's 400 years old,” Trump warned the staffer."A camera conscionable deed the mirror, I conscionable moved it and a camera deed the mirror," the POTUS added.The incidental took spot during a bilateral gathering with Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese successful the Cabinet Room astatine the White House. The leaders were signing an statement connected captious minerals and uncommon earths, a woody seen arsenic important for the US arsenic it seeks to trim reliance connected China.
Trump said the statement has been successful the works for astir 5 months and is present moving “full steam ahead”, with lone “minor” clarifications needed.
“It's bully timing that we got it done conscionable successful clip for the visit,” helium added.The US president besides addressed defence issues, noting that the Aukus defence pact with Australia and the UK is meant arsenic a deterrent for China but adding, “we're not going to request it.”He recapped the docket for the talks, which included trade, submarine and subject instrumentality orders, arsenic good arsenic captious minerals. “In astir a twelvemonth from now, we'll person truthful overmuch captious minerals and uncommon earths that you won't cognize what to bash with them,” Trump said.
The bilateral gathering began with Trump welcoming Albanese, praising the Australian person for his work. The 2 leaders sat broadside by side, a notable alteration from erstwhile visits by Argentina's Javier Milei and Ukraine's Volodymyr Zelensky, who sat crossed the array from Trump.
