US President Donald Trump reportedly blasted the Australian Prime Minister over the phone and then hung up on him in what he described as his “worst call by far”.
Apparently angry about having to honour a “dumb” refugee deal with Australia, Donald flared up at Malcolm Turnbull over the agreement.
According to The Washington Post, what should have been a pleasant hour-long call was ended after 25 minutes when Mr Trump abruptly hung up on the PM.
“This is the worst deal ever,” Mr Trump reportedly said about the refugee deal, complaining that he was “going to get killed” politically.
Under the arrangement, Australia agreed to transfer 1,250 refugees held in offshore detention centres on the Pacific Island nation of Nauru and Papua New Guinea’s Manus Island to the US.
The deal was agreed by Barack Obama and Mr Turnbull in November within days of Mr Trump’s election.
“Do you believe it? The Obama Administration agreed to take thousands of illegal immigrants from Australia. Why? I will study this dumb deal!,” Trump tweeted.
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