Everything you need to know about the refugee deal Trump raged about to Australia's prime minister

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U.S. President Donald Trump speaks on the phone with Prime Minister of Australia Malcolm Turnbull in the Oval Office of the White House, Saturday, Jan. 28, 2017 in Washington.

• A transcript reveals just how contentious the January phone call between President Donald Trump and Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull was.
• Trump appeared not to understand several key points about the US's deal with Australia to resettle 1,250 refugees.
• The fate of the deal is still up in the air.

The Washington Post on Thursday published the explosive transcript of a January phone call between President Donald Trump and Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull, in which the two sparred over a deal to resettle 1,250 refugees in the United States.

The conversation made headlines in January after it was reported that Trump called the arrangement the "worst deal ever."

But the full transcript revealed a heated back-and-forth between the two leaders in which Turnbull attempted to correct several points about the deal Trump appeared to have misunderstood or was unfamiliar with.

Trump complained about the deal and criticized the Australian leader throughout the conversation, at one point saying "I hate taking these people" and insulting Turnbull for brokering "many a stupid deal in business." Trump eventually declared the conversation his "most unpleasant call all day" after a "pleasant" one with Russian President Vladimir Putin earlier, then hung up after dismissing Turnbull's request to discuss Syria and North Korea.

"This shows me to be a dope. I am not like this, but if I have to do it, I will do it but I do not like this at all. I will be honest with you," Trump said. "I think it is ridiculous and Obama should have never signed it. The only reason I will take them is because I have to honor a deal signed by my predecessor and it was a rotten deal."

Here's everything you need to know about the deal: