Aukus will ‘get done’ despite jitters in congress, Biden tells Albanese at White House meeting

Getting approval for nuclear submarine plan through legislature a question of ‘not if, but when’

Joe Biden has played down congressional jitters over the Aukus nuclear-powered submarine deal, assuring the visiting Australian prime minister he is “confident that we can get this done”.

The US president welcomed Anthony Albanese to the White House on Wednesday and insisted he was “confident that we’re going to be able to get the money for Aukus because it’s overwhelmingly in our interest”.