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(Australia) Turnbull rebukes Shorten for calling Donald Trump 'barking mad'
Source: The Guardian
Turnbull rebukes Shorten for calling Donald Trump 'barking mad'
Prime minister suggests Labor leader’s comments about the
presumptive US Republican presidential nominee could be
‘against the national interest’
Lenore Taylor, Political editor
Friday 27 May 2016 03.28 BST
Malcolm Turnbull has rebuked Bill Shorten for describing Donald Trump as “barking mad”, although senior Liberals have also expressed strong feelings about the man who has now gathered the necessary number of delegates to secure the Republican party’s presidential nomination.
“I think some of Donald Trump’s views are just barking mad on some issues,” Shorten told Darwin radio station Hot 100.
Turnbull suggested Shorten’s comments were not fitting for a prime ministerial contender and could be “against the national interest”.
“You can imagine how Australians would feel if an American president were to describe one of our prime ministerial aspirants as barking mad. You can imagine the ill will and resentment that would create in Australia,” he said.
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Prime minister suggests Labor leader’s comments about the
presumptive US Republican presidential nominee could be
‘against the national interest’
Lenore Taylor, Political editor
Friday 27 May 2016 03.28 BST
Malcolm Turnbull has rebuked Bill Shorten for describing Donald Trump as “barking mad”, although senior Liberals have also expressed strong feelings about the man who has now gathered the necessary number of delegates to secure the Republican party’s presidential nomination.
“I think some of Donald Trump’s views are just barking mad on some issues,” Shorten told Darwin radio station Hot 100.
Turnbull suggested Shorten’s comments were not fitting for a prime ministerial contender and could be “against the national interest”.
“You can imagine how Australians would feel if an American president were to describe one of our prime ministerial aspirants as barking mad. You can imagine the ill will and resentment that would create in Australia,” he said.
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Read more: http://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2016/may/27/turnbull-rebukes-shorten-for-calling-donald-trump-barking-mad
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