and it s been tested on the world stage and as we re learning that a series of curtesy call with our allies have now become confrontational. new tension between president trump and a major u.s. ally. sources say the president grew angry during a phone call with australia s prime minister last saturday. president trump calling the australian refugee agreement a very bad deal. that resettlement deal reached by the obama administration will transfer refugees living in detention centers on islands off australia to the u.s. i m not going to comment on the conversation. the prime minister repeating to president trump that according to the deal nearly 1300 refugee versus to pass u.s. screening requirements but sources say mr. trump kept insisting it was a very bad
australian prime minister tried to move on to other subjects including syria, trump wanted to get off this call, told the australian prime minister i talked to a lot of other foreign leaders, including vladimir putin. this is the worst call of the day. mr. trump went on twitter saying do you believe that the obama administration agreed to take thousands of illegal immigrants from australia. why? i will study this dumb deal. he told an australian radio station president trump committed to honoring the refugee agreement. i ve seen that report and i m not going to comment on the conversation uother than to say in the course of the conversation as you know and was confirmed by the president s official spokesman in the white house, the president assured me that he would continue with honor the agreement we entered into with the obama
reports in australia and reports in the washington post that he had a very, very contentious conversation on saturday night with the australian prime minister. instructing contrast to the very bland read out that the white house gave out to it s reporters on saturday night. yeah, the president has just tweeted in recent minutes, do you believe it, the obama administration agreed to take thousands of illegal immigrants from australia, why? i will study this dumb deal. it s sure getting a lot of coverage in australia and now starting tonight in this country as well. they are long time steadfast allies of the united states. i mean steadfast allies, go back to vietnam, who were our military allies down there? among our strongest allies and the fact is that he has tweeted so aggressively about australia there was a one off refugee agreement, done by the obama white house and australia for us
australia s prime minister last saturday. president trump calling the australian refugee agreement a very bad deal. that resettlement deal reached by the obama administration will transfer refugees currently living in detention centers on islands off australia to the u.s. i m in the going to comment on the conversation. reporter: prime minister turnbull repeating to president trump that according to the deal nearly 1,300 refugees have to pass u.s. screening requirements. sources say mr. trump kept insisting it was a very bad deal, remarking one of these refugees will be the next boston bomber. i always stand up for australia in every forum. reporter: the prime minister saying the conversation ended courteously. a source says president trump abruptly ended the call. notably the readout of the call provided by the white house on saturday showed no sign of a contentious meeting instead saying both leaders emphasize the enduring strength and closeness of the u.s.-australia relation