Malcolm Turnbull to address infamous phone call with Donald Trump - as he says he will 'stand firm' against the US President

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After finding himself at the centre of a global media storm, Malcolm Turnbull has finally opened up on his now-infamous phone call with US President Donald Trump.

In a 'wide-ranging' interview with political reporter Laurie Oakes on 60 Minutes, which will air at 8.30pm on Sunday, Mr Turnbull addresses what was said in the conversation. 

The Australian Prime Minister made a 'frank admission' and promised he would 'stand firm' against President Trump, 60 Minutes reports.  

President Trump and Mr Turnbull clashed over a deal to resettle 1250 refugees from Nauru and Manus Island to the United States during their first official telephone call.

Details of the call, leaked by the Washington Post, revealed that President Trump complained he was 'going to get killed' politically and said Australia was trying to ship the U.S the 'next Boston bombers'.

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Australian PM Malcolm Turnbull has promised to 'stand firm' against US President Donald Trump in an interview dealing with a less-than-cordial conversation the pair had 

'There is no linkage at all': In a snippet of an interview with Laurie Oakes, Mr Turnbull squashed rumours that the heated conversation would impact the two country's military allegiance

In a snippet of the exclusive 60 Minutes interview, Mr Oakes presses Mr Turnbull on whether the fiery conversation would have flow-on effects with military support.

'What now if the Trump Administration comes to you and says we want troops for some Middle Eastern adventure or we want ships in the South China Sea, do you now see yourself as indebted? And does he see you as indebted?' he asks.

'We assess all requests for military assistance on their merits. And there is no linkage, no linkage at all between an arrangement relating to a refugee resettlement and any other matters,' Mr Turnbull replies.

Mr Oakes also refers to Mr Turnbull as 'Prime Minister Trumble' - a not-so-subtle dig at US press secretary Sean Spicer and his inability to correctly pronounce his name.

The call in question was the now-infamous heated conversation where the pair argued about the controversial refugee deal

Mr Oakes also refers to Mr Turnbull as 'Prime Minister Trumble' - a not-so-subtle dig at US press secretary Sean Spicer and his inability to correctly pronounce his name

Hours before the explosive report of the two allied leader's conversation broke on Thursday, President Trump again vented his frustration with the deal on Twitter. 

'Do you believe it? The Obama Administration agreed to take thousands of illegal immigrants from Australia. Why? I will study this dumb deal!' he wrote.

He also reportedly fumed about the agreement to advisers soon after signing the executive order, saying 'I don't want these people'.

Australian and U.S. leaders have spent the days since the call was made public trying to solidify the deal and patch up frayed relations between the staunch allies.

Mr Turnbull said he wanted to keep the conversation private and described the call as 'frank' and 'forthright' but claimed it 'ended courteously'.

Mr Trump admitted the call was 'tough' and he repeatedly grilled his opposite number on why the deal was struck and the U.S. had to take Australian refugees. 

'I love Australia as a country, but we had a problem,' Trump said, explaining how President Obama agreed to resettle '1,000 illegal immigrants who were in prisons.'

He also said he was 'unbelievably disappointed' and 'extremely, extremely upset' by the deal, but slammed reports of the heated phone call.

'Thank you to the Prime Minister of Australia for telling the truth about our very civil conversation that FAKE NEWS media lied about,' Trump wrote in an early-morning tweet. 'Very nice.'

Dozens of U.S. and Australian politicians and experts have since weighed in to say while the report was embarrassing, the exchange wouldn't harm relations long term

Mr Trump and Prime Minister Turnbull clashed over the deal in their first telephone call on Sunday, described as the president's worst call of the day 'by far' 

President Trump ranted about the deal the Obama administration struck with Canberra to take 1250 refugees being held on Papua New Guinea's Manus Island (pictured) and Nauru