Do Americans agree that the Prime Minister of Australia should have been treated the way he was by President Trump during their first phone call?

President Trump said that his call with the Prime Minister was, “the worst yet”, bragged about his electoral victory and he accused Australia of wanting to send the next Boston bombers to the United States.

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