"We have had a very good relationship," Trump told the Sydney Morning Herald at the White House on Sunday, in his first remarks about the Australian election. But the US president

US President Donald Trump has praised his “very good relationship” with Australia’s Prime Minister Anthony Albanese, who defeated an opponent seen by voters as too similar to the American leader in an election on Saturday.

Donald Trump is not having the impact outside of the United States that many expected, judging by some key national elections. On Saturday, Australians and Singaporeans followed the lead set by Canada's citizens days earlier in returning to office incumbent parties that had pushed back against the U.