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Former Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull has taken time out of his busy first morning in New York City to appear on popular blog ‘Humans of New York‘ ahead of his six week holiday in the Big Apple.
Speaking candidly to photojournalist Brandon Stanton, who founded the project in 2010, Turnbull reflected on his past association with the city as well as the events of the past few weeks.
“I first came to the country as a happy-go-lucky merchant banker,” said Turnbull.
During his halcyon days as Managing Director of Goldman Sachs Australia, the enigmatic Scorpio would often visit New York for business – and pleasure.
“New York was a hell of a place in the 90s. If you had the money, you could get anything you wanted. It was actually fucked,” he said.
“Back then, I had a really fun time here. I even bought a place on the island. Anyway, I was the king. Then I became king of Australia but I recently lost that job. Regicide, brother. It’s a bitch,”
“Well, I kind of deserved it. I got this cunt Tony binned halfway through his term because of his penchant to shit the bed socially and politically. But then he got his mates to come back and bin me. Anyway, it is what it is. I’m going to Two Hands to have a flat white now. Then we might go to the Brooklyn Brewery, have a few there then watch the sun go down at the Wyhte.”
Lucy Turnbull and her mildly popular husband are due to enjoy a six-week break in the area, where they expect to catch up with old friends and do other things Australians like doing in America like shooting handguns and letting off fireworks.
More to come.
