A day after replacing Malcolm Turnbull following a ballot among parliamentarians from the ruling Liberal Party, Morrison had what he called a "great" phone conversation with Trump. Trump had earlier tweeted: "Congratulations to new Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison. "I had the opportunity this morning to speak with President Trump and President Widodo, (I) will say about that another time. Turnbull is the fourth prime minister — from both the conservative Liberal Party and more leftist Labor Party — to be dumped by his or her own party before serving a full three-year term since this modern trend of leader-swapping began in 2010. There was disquiet, too, within the Liberal Party.

Source: ABC News August 25, 2018 07:51 UTC