"It's 100 years of mateship we are celebrating, 100 years since the first time American and Australian soldiers went into battle together," he said. Turnbull, a former Goldman Sachs banker, thanked Trump and Melania for their "hospitality and friendship."
The United States remains one of Australia's largest trading partners and, seen from Canberra, a vital counterbalance to growing Chinese assertiveness in Asia-Pacific. Officials say Trump exploded and hung up after he was told about a Barack Obama-era deal to move refugees from Australia to America.ĭiplomats - and even mutual friend, golfer Greg Norman - rushed to repair the damage.Īustralia has fought alongside the United States in every modern war, including Vietnam, and is a key part of the Five Eyes intelligence sharing network. The pair held an infamously bad-tempered telephone call early on in Trump's presidency. "The relationship that we have with Australia is a terrific relationship and probably stronger now than ever before, maybe because of our relationship, our friendship," Trump said. "It's an honor to have Prime Minister Turnbull, Mrs Turnbull, friends of mine and friends of Melania's for actually quite some time," Trump said, indicating that he would like to visit Australia soon. Trump strode out to greet Turnbull on the South Lawn and the pair shared a side-by-side stroll along the colonnade to the Oval Office, where they both sang the praises of a more than century old relationship. In May the two men met for an apparently convivial meeting at a dinner on the USS Intrepid aircraft carrier in New York to mark the 75th anniversary of the Battle of the Coral Sea.US President Donald Trump gave Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull an effusive welcome at the White House Friday, trying to put a heated first conversation in the rear mirror. The US president reportedly told Turnbull he'd spoken with four other world leaders - including the Russian president, Vladimir Putin - and said "this was the worst call by far". A furious president ended a call abruptly over a deal struck by the Obama administration for America to resettle refugees from Australia's offshore detention islands. It is therefore pertinent to mention that Turnbull and Trump had a famous phone call after the president entered the White House. He said the leaked audio was "a breach of protocol and good faith" and denied that Trump was the butt of his jokes.
Turnbull got upset on the leak of his video and defended his speech by describing it as a "good-natured and fun. We are winning like we have never won before,"The Guardian reported.Īs a rule the speeches at the press gallery Midwinter Ball are intended to be light-hearted and are off-the-record i.e. It was the most beautiful putting-me-at-ease ever," Mr Turnbull joked in his best Trump-inspired voice."The Donald and I, we are winning and winning in the polls.
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Turnbull appeared relaxed in the knowledge that journalists attending the annual event will not report on what goes on inside as per the rules.īut Turnbull's speech, in which he mocked Trump for his lack of popularity in the polls, was later posted on Instagram before the full audio was leaked to media.ĭuring his speech, Turnbull can also be heard mocking the US President about his alleged connections to Russia and the leaders' first official meeting in New York last month."It was beautiful. The video and audio of Turnbull's off-the-record speech was leaked, but it also reflected his own self-deprecation as he is also facing poor poll ratings. London:Donald Trump is known to be the butt of jokes for many impersonators, and recently, Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull was seen impersonating the US President's unique oratorical style.ĭuring a speech at Parliament House's Mid Winter Ball in Canberra,Turnbull mocked Trump's alleged links to Russia, his views on fake news and for his lack of popularity in the polls.
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