Australian leader is on the hot seat for making fun of Donald Trump

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You know what they say: In the age of smartphones, there's no such thing as off the record.

It's a lesson Australia’s prime minister just learned the hard way.

On Thursday, Malcolm Turnbull delivered a jovial speech at Parliament House's annual press ball, the equivalent of the White House Correspondents' Association dinner. In it, he made fun of the Australian government's dismal poll rankings. And he did so using a verbal tick made popular by a certain world leader.

“Donald and I, we are winning and winning in the polls,” Turnbull said. “We are winning so much. We are winning like we have never won before.” To raucous laughter, he continued: “We are winning in the polls. We are, we are — not the fake polls, not the fake polls — they’re the one we’re not winning in. We’re winning in the real polls, you know, the online polls. They are so easy to win.”

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