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“But you know, it’s light hearted, it’s affectionate, good natured and the butt of my jokes was myself,” Turnbull said.įederal Parliamentary Press Gallery President Andrew Meares said the ball committee was disappointed that guests at the ball had not complied with the non-publication request for the speeches of the prime minister and opposition leader. Turnbull said he was disappointed by the leak, telling Melbourne Radio 3AW: “it’s a breach of protocol, it’s a breach of faith and all those things.” Turnbull’s office and the press gallery reacted angrily to the speech being broadcast. While Turnbull is rarely critical of Trump in public, he mocked the president off-the-record.
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Turnbull’s first telephone conversation with Trump in January over a refugee resettlement deal was, in Trump’s words, “testy.” But the two leaders made a public show of solidarity and friendship when they met for the first time in New York in May. I have this Russian guy …” Nine broadcast concluded. “Did you know that? I know that, did you know that? I kind of know that. They are so easy to win,” he added to more laughter. We’re winning in the real polls, you know, the online polls. We are, we are - not the fake polls, not the fake polls - they’re the one we’re not winning in. We are winning like we have never won before,” Turnbull said in a speech apparently recorded on a phone and broadcast by the Nine Network. “Donald and I, we are winning and winning in the polls. Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull made fun of both Trump and the Australian government’s dismal opinion polls during a lighthearted speech on Wednesday night at an annual ball hosted by the Federal Parliamentary Press Gallery.