In the corridors of global diplomacy, Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has chosen strategic necessity over domestic comfort, photographing himself alongside an unpopular Donald Trump in pursuit of nuclear submarine agreements and regional security arrangements. The selfies, posted directly to social media, bypass traditional media filters but cannot bypass the judgment of an Australian public that views Trump negatively by a two-to-one margin. It is an old tension in the life of smaller powers — the gap between what leaders believe their nations need and what their citizens are willi