<div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>The Prime Minister is tipped to 'ruffle feathers' in </span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/usa" rel="" target="" title="Washington"><span>Washington</span></a><span> tonight when he delivers a keynote speech invoking the wartime leadership of John Curtin.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/anthony-albanese" rel="" target="" title="Anthony Albanese"><span>Anthony Albanese</span></a><span> is set to spruik </span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/australia" rel="" target="" title="Australia"><span>Australia</span></a><span>'s independence in the face of uncertainty over US trade tariffs and our nuclear submarine deal.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>The government is dusting off the playbook of the wartime prime minister, 80 years after the passing of the leader who, let down by Britain, "looked to America".</span></div></div><div><div id="adspot-mobile-medium"></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><strong><span>READ MORE:</span></strong><span> </span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/national/afp-drugs-four-women-charged-vinegar-and-chilli-soaked-towels/1451d367-cf1c-431d-adbf-aa9b04db52eb"><strong><span>Four women could face life sentences over 'spicy' airport drug plot</span></strong></a></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>According to Assistant Minister to the PM, Patrick Gorman, it's "recognising that Australia should stand on our own two feet".</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Tonight, the Prime Minister is looking inwards and honouring John Curtin with a speech spruiking Australia's "determination to think and act for ourselves".</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"Undoubtedly, Albanese is sending a message to Washington and the Trump administration that Australia is ultimately in control of its own destiny," Professor James Curran of University of Sydney told 9News.</span></div></div><div><div class="OUTBRAIN" data-reactroot="" data-src="//www.9news.com.au/national/prime-minister-anthony-albanese-envoke-wartime-leader-john-curtin-speech-washington/c2e58baa-ffd8-42d7-81ee-3bf44a569b88" data-widget-id="AR_5"></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>We have seen eight decades of an enduring US friendship and strategic partnership.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><strong><span>READ MORE:</span></strong><span> </span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/national/alleged-arson-attack-on-synagogue-in-melbourne/41ffd37f-7158-4355-8dd3-ad1c1702e8e2" rel="" target="" title="'Deplorable crimes': Jewish leaders decry arson, restaurant attacks"><strong><span>'Deplorable crimes': Jewish leaders decry arson, restaurant attacks</span></strong></a></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>But several months after Donald Trump's inauguration, Anthony Albanese is yet to book a face-to-face with the president.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"I don't believe Mr Albanese has done all he can here to strengthen Australia's position in relation to the United States," Shadow Attorney-General Julian Leeser said.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Curtin and Chifley are two wartime Prime Ministers who re-wrote Australia's foreign policy playbook.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Tonight, the Prime Minister will point out he too has forged new security ties in our region, rebuilt relationships with China and is now looking at a free trade deal with Europe.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"Here we are talking about the opportunity to run a more independent course from Washington," Curran said.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"I'd say this will ruffle feathers of Uncle Sam."</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/national/how-to-follow-9news-digital/29855bb1-ad3d-4c38-bc25-3cb52af1216f" target="_blank"><strong><em><span>DOWNLOAD THE 9NEWS APP</span></em></strong></a><strong><em><span>: Stay across all the latest in breaking news, sport, politics and the weather via our news app and get notifications sent straight to your smartphone. 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