The morning after trying to reassure Australians but instead spreading panic, Anthony Albanese could be forgiven for feeling a little panicked himself.
As the prime minister ate lunch at the National Press Club on Thursday, Donald Trump was 15,000 kilometres away delivering a national address of his own.
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Perhaps to his advantage, Albanese had no idea what the US president was saying.
Trump had triggered the world’s biggest oil crisis in decades by attacking Iran without consulting his allies. He was now about to deliver them a message via television.