US president Donald Trump has described his reported negative phone call with Australian prime minister Malcolm Turnbull as a ‘little bit of fake news’. Trump was reported as saying privately his call with Turnbull over the US-Australia refugee deal was ‘the worst call by far’ he had with world leaders, but Trump said on Thursday: ‘We get along great. We have a fantastic relationship’



• ‘We’re not babies’: Trump says bad blood with Turnbull was exaggerated