McCain: Trump’s fight with Australia ‘unnecessary and harmful’

By Al Weaver

Published February 2, 2017 4:20pm ET

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McCain: Trump’s fight with Australia ‘unnecessary and harmful’ — "Australia fought alongside us in wars, including losing over 500 brave Australians in the Vietnam War, which some of us remember," McCain said. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh) | Susan Walsh

Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., called President Trump’s dispute with Australia “unnecessary and harmful” on Thursday a day after it emerged that Trump held a tense weekend call with Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull over a prior deal to take in refugees.

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