Donald Trump Told Australian Billionaire Anthony Pratt About Calls With Foreign Leaders in Mar-a-Lago

By Rick Martin First Posted: Oct 23, 2023 02:17 AM EDT

Donald Trump's ability to keep national secrets came into question once again after reports showed that he told Mar-a-Lago member and Australian billionaire Anthony Pratt about his calls with various world leaders, possibly endangering US allies and troops thanks to his loose lips.

60 Minutes Australia and The New York Times released reports that showed Pratt candidly talking about his conversations with Trump. These conversations included the former president oversharing some sensitive government material, including private calls with the leaders of Ukraine and Iraq.

"It hadn't even been on the news yet, and he said, 'I just bombed Iraq today,'" said Pratt on one of those recordings. That recording was made public by 60 Minutes on Sunday, and its report showed that Trump did not just overshare top secret information with the Australian billionaire but a host of other sensitive information.

These released recordings could spell even more legal trouble for Donald Trump as these could be used as evidence by Special Counsel Jack Smith to show that Donald Trump had a pattern of sharing sensitive government information with unauthorized people. These include not just Mar-a-Lago members like Pratt but also well-connected businessmen and political donors.

In those recordings, Anthony Pratt also offered some searing remarks regarding Trump's personal ethics. The Australian businessman noted that the former POTUS "says outrageous things nonstop," and even compared Trump's business practices to the mafia. These comments come as Trump is also facing a civil trial regarding his shady business dealings.

"He knows exactly what to say - and what not to say - so that he avoids jail. But gets so close to it that it looks to everyone like he's breaking the law," said the Australian.

Donald Trump Told Australian Businessman About Conversations With Presidents of Iraq and Ukraine

The recordings showed Pratt candidly talking about when the US bombed Iraq and this resulted in a December 2019 call with Iraqi President Barham Salih. "It hadn't even been on the news yet, and he said, 'I just bombed Iraq today,'" said the Australian businessman, who then claimed that Trump said, "The president of Iraq called me up and said, 'You just leveled my city. ... I said to him, 'OK, what are you going to do about it?'"

However, Anthony Pratt also revealed that Trump also spoke to him about the "Quid Pro Quo" conversation he had with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky. In that call, Trump pressured Zelensky to help him win the 2020 election by publicly launching unfounded corruption probes into Joe Biden, according to CNN.

"That was nothing compared to what I usually do," the ex-POTUS reportedly told Pratt. "That's nothing compared to what we usually talk about."

Donald Trump Asked Melania Trump to Wear a Bikini for His Friends, Claims Anthony Pratt

60 Minutes Australia also revealed other things that Australian businessman Anthony Pratt said in those recordings, including something he asked former First Lady Melania Trump to do.

In one recording, Pratt recalled a time when Trump asked Melania to walk around the pool in her swimsuit, "so all the other guys could get a look at what they were missing." However, Pratt noted that the then-FLOTUS bit back, telling him, "I'll do that when you walk around with me in your bikini."

According to The Huffington Post, a Trump spokesperson denied Pratt's accounts. However, it was also noted that Pratt has already spoken to Special Counsel Jack Smith regarding the US submarine debacle, and this could be bad for Trump.

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Written by: Rick Martin

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