As America awaits the final presidential election results, some of Australias politicians have spoken about the nature of their relationships with Donald Trump .

While Prime Minister Scott Morrison said he has enjoyed a very productive working relationship with the president, his predecessor Malcolm Turnbull said he and Trump began with a blazing row when he became PM in 2015, describing the president as an example of big bullying personalities.

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To be frank, I had a very constructive relationship with Trump. I mean I got off on what a lot of people said was a bad start because we had a blazing row, Turnbull said on Channel Nines Today show on Thursday.

But as we all know, when you are dealing with big bullying personalities like Trump, the worst thing you can do is suck up to them.