Donald Trump could still have a shot at the presidency despite his legal troubles. But is Anthony Albanese prepared?

Anthony Albanese probably didn’t think there was much chance of Donald Trump returning to power when he openly criticised the then US president during his final days in the White House. Albanese, still opposition leader at the time, said Trump had “encouraged” the January 6 insurrection in 2021. He labelled it a direct assault on “the rule of law and democracy”. The Labor leader also suggested Trump’s foreign policy approach “saw the first steps in a retreat by the US from its historical role as leader of the post-war international order”. These comments were made from a position of relative…