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| Malcolm Turnbull says Donald Trump is 'very easy to deal with' | Malcolm Turnbull says Donald Trump is 'very easy to deal with' |
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| The Australian prime minister says he met the US president with other world leaders in a ‘large, steel broom cupboard’ and had ‘a very good discussion’ | |
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| Fri 14 Jul 2017 00.20 BST | |
| Last modified on Fri 9 Feb 2018 18.40 GMT | |
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| Malcolm Turnbull has said he finds Donald Trump “very easy to deal with” as he related how world leaders had met the US president in a “large, steel broom cupboard” at the G20 summit in Hamburg. | Malcolm Turnbull has said he finds Donald Trump “very easy to deal with” as he related how world leaders had met the US president in a “large, steel broom cupboard” at the G20 summit in Hamburg. |
| “We had a very good discussion in his Scif [secure communications information facility],” the prime minister told Channel Seven’s Sunrise program on Friday. | “We had a very good discussion in his Scif [secure communications information facility],” the prime minister told Channel Seven’s Sunrise program on Friday. |
| Asked by presenter David Koch whether the Scif was “like Maxwell Smart’s cone of silence”, Turnbull said: “It is like a small, steel room and we had a very informal meeting with the president, myself, president Macron of France, [British prime minister] Theresa May, [finance minister) Mathias Cormann – all in the steel room.” | Asked by presenter David Koch whether the Scif was “like Maxwell Smart’s cone of silence”, Turnbull said: “It is like a small, steel room and we had a very informal meeting with the president, myself, president Macron of France, [British prime minister] Theresa May, [finance minister) Mathias Cormann – all in the steel room.” |
| WATCH | “You know where you stand” - @turnbullmalcolm on Donald Trump and riding in THE BEAST. #sun7 pic.twitter.com/rgXjiJG8JQ | WATCH | “You know where you stand” - @turnbullmalcolm on Donald Trump and riding in THE BEAST. #sun7 pic.twitter.com/rgXjiJG8JQ |
| “We went through a whole range of issues, some trade issues.” | “We went through a whole range of issues, some trade issues.” |
| Turnbull said he related to Trump as a fellow businessman. | Turnbull said he related to Trump as a fellow businessman. |
| “He’s a very practical businessman, very frank, very straightforward. I’m a guy that’s been in business most of my life, so has he. | “He’s a very practical businessman, very frank, very straightforward. I’m a guy that’s been in business most of my life, so has he. |
| “We may not agree all the time, obviously, but nonetheless I find him easy to deal with – easy in the sense of being frank, forthright and practical – you know where you stand.” | “We may not agree all the time, obviously, but nonetheless I find him easy to deal with – easy in the sense of being frank, forthright and practical – you know where you stand.” |
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