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Trump to Australian PM: “This Was the Worst Phone Call by Far”

HeadlineFeb 02, 2017

The Washington Post is reporting that Trump abruptly ended a call with Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull on Saturday after complaining about the terms of a refugee deal between the U.S. and Australia and telling Turnbull that their conversation was the “worst call by far” that he’d had with a foreign leader that day. Under the Obama administration, the United States had pledged to accept and resettle 1,250 refugees from a detention center in Australia. But when Turnbull asked Trump to confirm the U.S. would honor this agreement, Trump reportedly called it “the worst deal ever” and claimed the refugees could include the “next Boston bombers.” The U.S. and Australia have been longtime allies.

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