Prezident Trump řekl Turnbullovi, že dohoda o dohledu USA nad uprchlíky směřujícími do Austrálie je „směšná“ a „hloupá“ a trval na tom, že pokud by souhlasil s takovou dohodou - která vzešla za vlády prezidenta Obamy - vypadal by jako „zdrogovaný“ poté,co navrhnul zákaz vstupu uprchlíků do USA.
Mr Trump told Mr Turnbull a deal for the US to take on refugees headed for Australia was "ridiculous," "rotten" and "stupid," insisting the deal, brokered under the Obama administration, would make him look like "a dope" after he had proposed a ban on refugee resettlement in the US.