When Anthony Albanese meets Donald Trump at the White House in a little under 48 hours, he'll be hoping to avoid the wretched fate two other world leaders have suffered at the hands of the US president.

Both Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and South African counterpart Cyril Ramaphosa were publicly ambushed after stepping into the Oval Office earlier this year.

First it was Zelenskyy, who was berated by Trump and Vice-President JD Vance in February for not being grateful enough for US aid in the face of Russia's invasion, even though Trump had recently labelled the Ukrainian president a dictator and parrotted Kremlin talking points.

"This is going to be great television," Trump mused in front of Zelenskyy.

Months later, Ramaphosa was blindsided when Trum

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