He doesn’t need to do that with Australia,” Mr Thistlethwaite said. We can only assume Mr Thistlethwaite was speaking from a high-altitude hypobaric chamber, his brain slowly starving of oxygen, when he made those remarks. That Mr Trump has chosen not to make meeting with Mr Albanese a priority yet again is a deliberate snub. The lack of urgency with which Mr Albanese is treating this issue is deeply worrying. He knows that Australians on the whole share his distaste for Mr Trump and his brash ways.