Prime Minister Anthony Albanese says he has had a “warm and constructive” conversation with US President Donald Trump, but has revealed few other details in a late-night social media post announcing the news.

In a post on X, the prime minister said the pair discussed trade, critical minerals and security interests.

Mr Albanese has now spoken to Mr Trump four times since the US election in November, but is yet to meet him in person.

The prime minister has been under sustained pressure from critics, including the Opposition, who argue he should be doing more to meet Mr Trump, given the importance the US president places on personal relationships when formulating foreign policy.

Mr Albanese travelled to Canada to meet Mr Trump on the sidelines of the G7 summit in June — but the meeting was cancelled when Mr Trump returned to the US early as hostilities flared between Israel and Iran.

At that time, Mr Albanese had said he intended to talk to Mr Trump about his tariffs on Australian products and the AUKUS security partnership, which the US State Department has placed under review.

Deputy Prime Minister Richard Marles last week travelled to Washington to meet with top Trump administration officials, including Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, but a Pentagon statement initially dismissed their engagement as a “happenstance encounter”.

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The Opposition and the Greens both said the statement showed the Trump administration was treating Australia with contempt.

But the Pentagon’s chief spokesman, Sean Parnell, responded to further inquiries by saying their “meeting at the White House” had been “coordinated in advance”.

“Secretary Hegseth welcomed the opportunity to meet in person with Deputy Prime Minister Marles for the third time this year,” Mr Parnell said.