Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull has made fun of United States President Donald Trump and alluded to his ties with Russia, according to a leaked tape of an off-the-record media event.
Mr Turnbull, who had a frosty first telephone call with the U-S president early this year, was recorded mimicking Mr Trump at a media ball at Parliament House in Canberra late on Wednesday which was strictly off the record.
"The Donald and I ... we are winning and winning in the polls. We are winning so much. We are winning like we have never done before. We are winning in the polls. (Laughter) We are. Not the fake polls. Not the fake polls. (Laughter) They're the ones we are not winning in. We are winning in the real polls. You know the online polls. They are so easy to win. I know that, do you know that? I kind of know that. They are so easy to win. I have this Russian guy.." PM said.
Mr Turnbull later told the 3AW he was disappointed by the leak, which he said was a breach of protocol.
In a statement the U-S embassy in Canberra said it understood that the Mid-Winter Ball was the equivalent of the White House Correspondents' Dinner stating "We take this with the good humour that was intended."
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