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Los Angeles: US President Donald Trump has raved about his relationship with Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull, although he still thinks the refugee deal is "ridiculous".
Mr Trump, in an interview with Time magazine, named world leaders he had forged bonds with and Mr Turnbull was high on his list.
Agreeing that reports of their phone call earlier this year were 'fake news', the US President and the Australian Prime Minister hold a press conference in New York.
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Agreeing that reports of their phone call earlier this year were 'fake news', the US President and the Australian Prime Minister hold a press conference in New York.
"But no I have a very good relationship with all of them, including Australia," Mr Trump said.
The president pointed to last week's New York meeting with Mr Turnbull and coinciding event to honour the 75th anniversary of the Battle of the Coral Sea.
"You saw that the other night, right," Mr Trump said
Mr Trump blames former president Barack Obama, not Mr Turnbull, for the Australia-US refugee deal that upset him in their infamous January 28 phone call.
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"You know they all said I hung up and I slammed the phone on him," Mr Trump said.
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