Donald Trump introduced his daughter Ivanka to Prime Minister Scott Morrison at an exclusive dinner between US and Australian delegates ahead of the G20 summit in Japan.
The President of the United States met with the Australian Prime Minister at Osaka's Imperial Hotel on Thursday, where Mr Trump congratulated him on the May 18 election win.
'He didn't surprise me but he surprised a lot of other people,' Mr Trump said at the opening of a working dinner with the prime minister.
'See, I knew him. See, I said you're going to do very well, and he did, he did that.
'They called it an upset but I don't call it an upset ... I want to congratulate you very much, it was a fantastic thing.'
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Donald Trump met with Prime Minister Scott Morrison at an exclusive dinner between US and Australian delegates ahead of the G20 summit
Donald Trump introduced his daughter Ivanka to Prime Minister Scott Morrison on Thursday
The meeting with Mr Morrison was the first Mr Trump held upon his arrival in Osaka
The meeting with Mr Morrison was the first Mr Trump held upon his arrival in Osaka.
Delegates from Mr Trump's side included his daughter, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, Treasury Secretary Steve Mnuchin, National Security Advisor John Bolton and US Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer.
Australians included Finance Minister Mathias Cormann, Trade Minister Simon Birmingham, Australian ambassador to the US Joe Hockey, and Department of Prime Minister and Cabinet secretary Martin Parkinson.
Senior Australian G20 official David Gruen and Mr Morrison's press chief Andrew Carswell were also in attendance.
Mr Morrison reiterated Australia's military friendship with the US.
'There's no better or stronger or deeper relationship than the United States and Australia. We've been together for a very long time – 100 years. Fighting together, working together, and [something] speak for themselves,' Mr Morrison said.
Mr Trump is also seeking other allies with his approach to Iran as he threatens military action against the Middle Eastern country.
The prime minister said he saw the working dinner as a chance to urge Mr Trump to stay engaged with Chinese president Xi Jinping to resolve the trade dispute casting a shadow over the global economy.
'It's going to be an important few days but there's no better or stronger or deeper relationship than the United States to Australia,' he told Mr Trump on Thursday night, foreshadowing their conversation.
Asked whether his 'America first' policies hurt allies like Australia in areas including trade, Mr Trump said the US had been very good to its allies.
'We work with our allies, we take care of our allies,' he told Mr Morrison and reporters.
'So we do work with ourselves and we look at ourselves I think more positively than ever before but we also look at our allies.
'And I think Australia's a good example. We worked together very closely just recently on a big trade situation, we had a little bit of a trade deal going and it worked out very well for both of us.'
The prime minister said he saw the working dinner as a chance to urge Mr Trump to stay engaged with Chinese president Xi Jinping
Mr Morrison said earlier in the week Australia would not be a passive bystander as damage from the US-China trade tensions spread
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