Donald Trump has issued another brutal swipe at the Albanese government over its apparent lack of support for the ongoing war in the Middle East.

Defence Minister Richard Marles on Thursday pledged to increase spending to three per cent of GDP by 2033, adding 0.2 percentage points to defence spending over the next seven years.

It falls short of Trump's previous demands for Australia to spend 3.5 per cent of GDP.

The US President lashed out at Australia when questioned about the government's latest defence pledge at the White House.

'Well, I'm not happy with Australia because they were not there when we asked them to be there,' Trump told reporters. 

'They were not there… with Hormuz. So I'm not happy, I'm not happy with them.'

He did not respond to further questions about whether he was still on good terms with his Australian counterpart Anthony Albanese. 

Federal Treasurer Jim Chalmers, who is also currently in Washington, has since responded, commenting that Trump's remarks were consistent with sentiments the president had expressed previously. 

'It's not unusual for President Trump to call for more investment from partners and allies when it comes to defence,' Chalmers told reporters.

'When it comes to the commitment in the Strait of Hormuz, as far as I'm aware, there hasn't been a formal request from the Americans along those lines.'

It comes hours after Trump announced that Israel and Lebanon had agreed to a 10-day ceasefire. 

The president last week included Australia in a list of US allies he slammed over what he characterised as a lack of assistance during the conflict. 

'You know who else didn't help us? Australia didn't help us,' he said on April 7. 

'Japan didn't help us, Australia didn't help us, South Korea didn't help us!'

Albanese revealed earlier this week that Trump not asked for Australia's assistance in the US blockade of the Strait of Hormuz.

He confirmed that Australia will not join the blockade of the key trade route, which until recently carried one-fifth of the world's oil supplies.

'We've received no requests... they've made this announcement overnight and they've done that in a unilateral way,' Albanese said.

'We haven't been asked, and I don't expect that we will be.

'The requests we've received were for support for Gulf countries, particularly the UAE and that's why we sent our Wedgetail aircraft that's been doing amazing work.'

Meanwhile, Albanese has abruptly ended his diplomatic 'fuel-securing' mission to Brunei and Malaysia, returning to Australia early. 

His office confirmed on Thursday night that he will fly overnight to Geelong where he will visit the embattled Viva Energy oil refinery following a massive fire on Friday.