PM staffer suspended over Trump posts on personal Facebook page
A staffer from the prime minister's office has been suspended over posts about US President Donald Trump on social media.
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Executive assistant Yvette Kerr, who until Friday was working in Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull's office, has accepted they were inappropriate and has deleted them from her account, a spokeswoman for the prime minister told AAP on Friday.
“The employee accepts that these posts were inappropriate and has deleted them from her account,” a spokeswoman from the Prime Minister’s office said in a statement.
“The Chief of Staff has suspended her immediately while the matter is investigated further,” she said.
One of the posts on Facebook was reportedly of a T-shirt with the words "Tuck Frump", according to Sydney's 2GB radio.
TuckFrump.com is a social media protest campaign headed by Luke Montgomery, who took up the fight against Trump in November 2015 over racist comments made by the then Republican candidate.
The post was reportedly made two months ago but remained on the staffer's page as a cover photo.
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The PMO intrigue comes amid a growing refit between Messrs Turnbull and Trump over reports of a terse and tense phone call between the two leaders.
A war of words broke out between the PM and the president, with Mr Trump tweeting the proposed refugee-swap deal between the two friendly nations was "dumb".
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