Reporter Dishes More Dirt On Trump’s Crabby-Ass Phone Convo With Turnbull

When news broke today that the first phone conversation between American President Donald Trump and Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull was actually a fair bit crabbier than the latter reported, it became apparent the diplomatic relationship was under a bit of stress.

Welp, as it turns out, the reporter who broke the story reckons it’s even tenser than Trump’s snarky comments let on.

After being swamped with questions from Aussie journos looking to get the skinny on the entire situation, the Washington Post’s White House bureau chief Philip Rucker told Fairfax that Trump “doesn’t really care so much that Australia is an ally over many, many years.”

According to Rucker’s sources, Trump cares more about the refugee deal the two nations signed under the Obama administration, which should see 1,250 offshore detainees transferred to The States – and how that allowance stands against his fuck-off big refugee intake suspension.

It’s for that reason Trump let loose – he labelled the call the worst of his day, said the agreement would be tantamount to letting the next Boston bombers into America, and ended the call a mere 25 minutes into a would-be hour-long chat. 
Rucker said Trump “didn’t let diplomatic niceties get in the way of how he felt about that refugee policy,” and tbh, we’re not sure he’s let anything get in the way of his feels, ever.

Rucker also insinuated that Trump may find a way to walk back the agreement, saying he “was upset with having to keep the agreement and actually used the words ‘my intention’ is to keep the agreement, which gives him a little bit of negotiating wriggle room down the road if he chooses not to go through with the deal.”


It appears it may not even be “down the road” here either, ’cause he’s just started unloading on Twitter about the deal.


We’re not even two weeks into his presidency, folks.

Source: Sydney Morning Herald.
Photo: Drew Angerer / Getty. 

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