Australian PM’s Meeting With Trump Scrapped After G-7 Departure

Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese’s first in-person meeting with Donald Trump was canceled after the president decided to leave a Group of Seven summit early to focus on the conflict between Israel and Iran.

Trump’s change of plans was announced as Albanese was holding a news conference Monday on the sidelines of the G-7 meeting in Canada, where he was outlining issues he intended to discuss with the president — trade and the Aukus accord — at their talks the following day. It was later confirmed that the meeting planned for Tuesday would not go ahead.