Leaked Trump Transcripts Show Fraught Relationships With World Leaders
- Accounts of phone calls with Pena Nieto, Turnbull leaked
- U.S. president often focused on political image at home
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Leaked transcripts of phone conversations between Donald Trump and two world leaders show the U.S. president relentlessly focused on his political image and underscore some of the difficulty he has had navigating foreign affairs.
The conversations between Trump and Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull and Mexican President Enrique Pena Nieto during Trump’s first week in office offer a window into the president’s occasionally fraught relationships with other world leaders and his approach to negotiating toward his goals.