Trump, Turnbull Put On Show Of 'mateship' At The White House

Faizan Hashmi Published February 24, 2018 | 08:35 AM

Washington, (APP - UrduPoint / Pakistan Point News - 24th Feb, 2018 ) :US President Donald Trump and Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull traded compliments and declarations of enduring "mateship" at the White House Friday, striving to put an ill-tempered first phone call behind them.

From the moment Trump strode out to greet Turnbull on the South Lawn and they shared a side-by-side stroll along the colonnade to the Oval Office, it was clear the pair were ready to put on a show.

Both sang the praises of a more than century old relationship, with Trump picking up his guest's reference to 100 years of US-Australian "mateship -- a term that you used very beautifully, Mr prime minister.

" For his part, Turnbull flattered, saying he was "inspired" by Trump's tax cuts, and adding for good measure that the US president's leadership on infrastructure was "admired around the world." Trump suggested he wanted to visit Australia soon and said it was "an honor to have Prime Minister Turnbull, Mrs Turnbull -- friends of mine and friends of Melania's for actually quite some time." He announced a littoral combat ship would be named the USS Canberra, after the Australian capital, which the US president pronounced with a heavy emphasis on the second syllable.