“Don’t Worry About It”: Trump Shrugs Off Hostility With Australia, Mexico

Yet Donald Trump chose to insult prime minister Malcolm Turnbull in a recent phone call, and is now threatening to upend a deal agreed to between the Obama administration and Canberra to consider resettling refugees in the US.

The Washington Post reported on Wednesday that Trump told Turnbull the refugee swap was “the worst deal ever” and “I don’t want these people” during their conversation, meant to last an hour, which ended with Trump hanging up after just 25 minutes.

Caught on the back foot by the Washington Post report, Turnbull was more circumspect than Trump, initially telling reporters that the conversation had been “robust”, on Thursday adding that the discussions were “candid” and “frankly private”.

But a White House statement sent to Australian Broadcasting Corp. on Thursday said, “The president is still considering whether or not he will move forward with this deal at this time”.

After the call, Trump tweeted that he would be taking a look at the “dumb deal” President Obama made with Australia.

Roughly 1,200 asylum-seekers – mostly from Iran, Afghanistan and Iraq – have been refused entry into Australia and instead have been kept in detention centers on other Pacific islands.

Australian broadcaster (ABC), citing a senior Australian government source, said the Post report was “substantially accurate”. “I know your country well, I’ve met with your leaders continuously over the last number of years”. “I will study this dumb deal!”

Secretary Jeh Johnson and Secretary of State John Kerry, key lawmakers Sen.

The Washington-Canberra resettlement deal is expected to affect the immigrants kept on the islands of Nauru and Papua New Guinea’s Manus.

As Donald Trump settles into his presidential duties, it’s not surprising to learn he’s beginning to forge relationships with foreign leaders.

The comment was telling; no-one in the Australian Defence establishment or broader diplomatic community really believed Mr Trump had any chance of winning his party’s nomination – let alone the White House. The camps were reportedly created in an effort to curtail “people smuggling”.

It may have got off to a rocky start but Australia’s relationship with the USA under Donald Trump is not under immediate threat. Mr Turnbull said priority will be given to families, women and children, starting with Nauru first.

Turnbull also said that Australia was asking the U.S.to have the refugees undergo a screening process. This process should be really fast we can’t take this anymore and if USA doesn’t want to take refugees they should just cancel it so other countries could help.