CANBERRA, ACT, Oct. 22 -- The Prime Minister of Australia issued the following media release:
NATALIE BARR, HOST:The Prime Minister joins us from the White House, good morning to you.
ANTHONY ALBANESE, PRIME MINISTER:Good morning, Nat.
BARR: Tell us, what was going through your mind when the President turned to you and said, does he still work for you?
PRIME MINISTER:Well, yesterday was an important meeting. We had an $8.5 billion dollar deal. We confirmed AUKUS and my focus was on what a successful meeting it was.
BARR: Yeah, and then you had that strange bit where the Rudd question was brought up and the President turns to you and says, does he still work for you? What was going through your mind?
PRIME MINISTER:Not much, that was a...