Trump’s Chief of Staff Reince Priebus and senior adviser Steve Bannon expressed the president’s admiration for the Australian people during the meeting with envoy Joe Hockey, according to a White House official. In a late night tweet, Trump slammed it as a “dumb deal.”Earlier on Thursday, the Washington Post reported Trump berated Turnbull in a Jan. 28 phone call when discussing the deal. The call ended courteously.… That’s all I want to say about that.”“I’ve enjoyed my dealings with President Trump. Thank you to Prime Minister of Australia for telling the truth about our very civil conversation that FAKE NEWS media lied about. —Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) February 03, 2017“Thank you to Prime Minister of Australia for telling the truth about our very civil conversation that FAKE NEWS media lied about.

Source: National Post February 03, 2017 16:01 UTC