'We really love Australia': Trump, Turnbull hang up on 'testy' phone call
Nothing could diminish the mutual lovefest as Donald Trump and Malcolm Turnbull marked the 75th anniversary of the Battle of the Coral Sea in New York.
Paul McGeough is chief foreign correspondent for the Sydney Morning Herald.
Nothing could diminish the mutual lovefest as Donald Trump and Malcolm Turnbull marked the 75th anniversary of the Battle of the Coral Sea in New York.
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