According to a report published in The Washington Post, Donald Trump prematurely ended his telephone call with Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull over the weekend, and people want to know why.
Using the #ReasonsTrumpHangsUp hashtag, Twitter users speculated about the possible reasons the call may have turned sour.
Here are some of the best posts we’ve seen so far:
He doesn't speak Australian. #ReasonsTrumpHangsUp
— Portmanteau Jones (@SadlyCatless) February 2, 2017
#ReasonsTrumpHangsUp He's too busy with his #Lego pic.twitter.com/8E8FK2spay
— Darth Vader™ (-o-)🌐 (@Burnt_Out_Darth) February 2, 2017
#ReasonsTrumpHangsUp
— Jack Carr (@JackCarrWasHere) February 2, 2017
Mexico refuses to pay for the call.
Because it 3 a.m. and time to tweet.#ReasonsTrumpHangsUp
— I'm Shucked! (@Aricka_Shuck) February 2, 2017
His long tie got tangled in the phone cord #reasonstrumphangsup
— Teeve Torbes (@teevetorbes) February 2, 2017
Because he hangs up beautifully, better than anybody ever hung up in the history of the country to be honest with you.#ReasonsTrumpHangsUp
— Archer (@thermodynamic) February 2, 2017
He didn't hang up. He alternatively answered it. #ReasonsTrumpHangsUp
— Rakaji (@itsmerakaji) February 2, 2017
Putin was on line 2 #ReasonsTrumpHangsUp
— Deer flip (@hoggy_c) February 2, 2017
He gets no response to asking if "kangaroo pouches also have that little pouch that your jeans have above the pocket" #ReasonsTrumpHangsUp
— Adam Hastings (@adamhasfriends) February 2, 2017
It's not a "hang up", it's an "alternative disconnection"#ReasonsTrumpHangsUp
— 👻I'm Dead Sethsy!👻 (@SethFromThe716) February 2, 2017
Turnbull: You hang up first 🙂
— Nathan Morton (@NateMorton) February 2, 2017
Trump: No, you hang up😯
Turnbull: No you hang up 🙃
Putin (listenin' in): You both hang up#ReasonsTrumpHangsUp
Steve Bannon tells Sean Spicer to tell Kellyanne Conway to tell @POTUS to put the phone down #ReasonsTrumpHangsUp
— Ethical Martini Ph.D (@ethicalmartini) February 2, 2017
The #ReasonsTrumpHangsUp on Australia is he thought it was Austria because he doesn't know the difference. 🤔 #idiot
— bэnnydiэgø 📎 (@bennydiego) February 2, 2017
Realises halfway through conversation that Australian Prime Minister isn't actually Greg Norman. #ReasonsTrumpHangsUp
— Daniel Johnson (@danjohnson1979) February 2, 2017
The Miss Universe Pageant is on #ReasonsTrumpHangsUp
— James (@Jamesm2446) February 2, 2017
#ReasonsTrumpHangsUp He thought he was going to get to talk to Crocodile Dundee.
— Dustin Hines (@dustinhines) February 2, 2017
#ReasonsTrumpHangsUp Australian PM laughed when Trump asked to meet Queen Kidman
— Laurie Crosswell 🌞 (@lauriecrosswell) February 2, 2017
It was too hard repeating what Bannon was telling him to say #ReasonsTrumpHangsUp
— ✌🏻JustSayin' 🇺🇸 (@JustLolatalkin) February 2, 2017
You're a woman with an IQ over 60 #ReasonsTrumpHangsUp
— FTJ (@fairytalejedi) February 2, 2017
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