Americans react on Twitter to the Turnbull-Trump phone call

"We are going to build a Great Barrier Reef and Australia is going to pay for it."

National Security Advisor Michael Flynn Senior Counselor to the President Steve Bannon

President Trump has had a rocky first few weeks, with stoushes over crowd sizes, fiery calls with foreign leaders and widespread leaking from the White House. Source: EPA/PETE MAROVICH / POOL

News has broken of a terse phone call between President Donald Trump and Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull which ended just 25 minutes into the planned one-hour call. 

President Trump over the refugee deal struck with the Obama administration and branded the discussion the "worst call by far", according to a Washington Post report. 

American's have been reacting to the news on Twitter, with many expressing surprise at Mr Trump's treatment of a staunch US ally. 

Here are some of the top tweets, starting with President Trump's:
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Published 2 February 2017 2:43pm
Updated 2 February 2017 6:48pm
By Ben Winsor


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