Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull was among the first lucky world leaders to experience the odyssey that is an angry Donald Trump phone call, and now he’s the first leader to mock the U.S. president — the first to be recorded, anyway.  

In audio leaked to the media from the annual Mid-Winter Ball, Turnbull is heard doing his best Trump impression for a room full of Australian media types at the country’s Parliament House.

Turnbull described his recent in-person meeting with the U.S. president as “beautiful,” and joked about it putting him “at ease.”

“The Donald and I, we are winning and winning in the polls. We are winning so much, we are winning, we are winning like we have never won before,” continued Turnbull, who faces growing disapproval from Australian voters.

The prime minister even made a Russia-investigation crack, saying elections are easy to win because “I have this Russian guy.”

Turnbull called his Trump routine a “good-humored roast” and bemoaned the fact that the Mid-Winter Ball event, typically honored as off the record, was recorded and released to the public.

The U.S. embassy in Australia expressed little concern over the matter, saying, “We take this with the good humor that was intended.”

No reaction from Trump (yet), but Turnbull can probably expect another “fantastic” phone call in the near future.

Trump reacts with predictable fury about being investigated

Three things are certain in life: Death, taxes, and President Trump tweeting his reaction to any news story he doesn’t like. So his tweet Thursday decrying the Washington Post’s bombshell story reporting that special counsel Robert Mueller was now investigating Trump for obstruction of justice was only a matter of time.

    They made up a phony collusion with the Russians story, found zero proof, so now they go for obstruction of justice on the phony story. Nice

    — Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) June 15, 2017

Trump followed up by describing Mueller and his team as “very bad and conflicted people.”

    You are witnessing the single greatest WITCH HUNT in American political history – led by some very bad and conflicted people! #MAGA

    — Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) June 15, 2017

The president’s responses broadly line up with a leaked White House memo outlining the administration’s plan to spin this story.

    A source sent me RNC/Trump talking points for Repubs seeking to discredit tonight’s WaPo scoop on Mueller investigating Trump obstruction —> pic.twitter.com/ctwy2si9A7

    — Philip Rucker (@PhilipRucker) June 15, 2017

According to the document, sent to the Washington Post’s White House bureau chief Philip Rucker, the administration is suggesting that the shift in focus means Mueller has “struck out on trying to prove collusion.” Another plan is to focus on the leaks, something the administration did Wednesday night. “The FBI leak of information regarding the president is outrageous, inexcusable, and illegal,” Mark Corallo, a spokesman for Trump’s personal lawyer, Marc Kasowitz, said.

But the Post’s report makes no mention of the FBI, citing instead “five people briefed on interview requests [for] senior intelligence officials as part of a widening probe that now includes an examination of whether President Trump attempted to obstruct justice.”

Also Thursday, Russian President Putin achieved some top-grade trolling during a live TV broadcast. Conducting his annual Q&A with the Russian people, Putin offered ousted FBI Director James Comey asylum.

“If there is some kind of persecution, we would be ready to offer political asylum to Mr. Comey if he is persecuted in the U.S.,” Mr Putin told the audience.

    #Putin: We are ready to provide political asylum to #Comey if there’s some kind of prosecution in the US https://t.co/mCryvrRUAK pic.twitter.com/aY5tSPClxD

    — RT (@RT_com) June 15, 2017

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