Politics, Alfred latest: 'Weak, ineffective leader': Trump blasts Turnbull after US criticism
Donald Trump has slammed Malcolm Turnbull after the former prime minister warned the US's poor treatment of its allies was providing 'an opportunity' for Chinese President Xi Jinping.
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