The Trump-Turnbull Handshake Loosley said that Malcolm was laying it on with a trowel, to use the classic Australian saying for when you’re being generous with your praise of someone. "From an Australian perspective, health care is virtually sacred." One major aim for Mr. Turnbull and Mr. Trump was to show the world that they had put behind them the contentious phone call from early in Mr. Trump’s term, in which Mr. Trump criticized a deal to bring refugees to the United States from Australia. After Mr. Trump repeatedly said that it had been "a big day" because of a legislative victory, Mr. Turnbull chimed in. Attendees at the dinner that followed the short interaction between Mr. Turnbull and Mr. Trump said the two leaders seemed more comfortable as the night wore on. Michael Fullilove said that All I can tell you is that in the room, President Trump made a big effort, The timing did not help: Mr. Trump delayed the meeting with Mr. Turnbull by three hours to address a vote to repeal the Affordable Care Act in the House of Representatives.
