Trump and Turnbull set for call amid North Korea tensions

Malcolm Turnbull will discuss the North Korean situation with US President Donald Trump on Wednesday morning.  

Mr Trump will call Mr Turnbull at 7.45am AEST from the White House Oval Office, just hours after receiving a national security council briefing.

The call is believed to be the first since a heated debate between the two men in January when they discussed resettling refugees.

Both leaders have condemned North Korea’s recent hydrogen bomb test and are seeking diplomatic solutions to the crisis. 

Malcolm Turnbull and Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe planned to meet with Mr Trump ‘at the earliest opportunity’ to discuss the North Korean threat.

Mr Trump has not ruled out military action after a series of provocative nuclear threats by North Korea’s dictator Kim Jong-un. 

Meanwhile, Defence Minister Marise Payne will head to South Korea for high level security talks. 

The meetings follow North Korea’s sixth nuclear test on Sunday.  

Malcolm Turnbull (pictured) and Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe planned to meet with Mr Trump ‘at the earliest opportunity’ to discuss the North Korean threat

Mr Trump has not ruled out military action after a series of provocative nuclear threats by North Korea’s dictator Kim Jong-un (pictured) 

The call comes months after the pair’s infamous call in January. 

In the call, which took place eight days after Mr Trump was inaugurated, they shared a terse conversation about a refugee deal between the two nations. 

A transcript of the full conversation was leaked online. 

‘I have had it. I have been making these calls all day and this is the most unpleasant call all day. Putin was a pleasant call. This is ridiculous,’ Mr Trump said to Mr Turnbull. 

In the call the new president repeatedly misstated the number of refugees the U.S. had agreed to take on and opined that the deal with Australia put him in a ‘bad position’ his first week on the job. 

‘You have brokered many a stupid deal in business,’ Mr Trump told Mr Turnbull.  

In the call, which took place eight days after Mr Trump was inaugurated, they shared a terse conversation about a refugee deal between the two nations (Mr Trump pictured during call) 

In the call the new president repeatedly misstated the number of refugees the U.S. had agreed to take on and opined that the deal with Australia put him in a ‘bad position’ his first week on the job