Key quotes from Trump, Morrison meeting

ON MORRISON:

"He's a man of titanium, believe me. I have to deal with this guy. You might think he's a nice guy, OK, he's a man of real, real strength and a great guy." - Donald Trump

ON THE US-AUSTRALIA ALLIANCE:

"It's a partnership where we both carry our own weight ... We look to America, but we don't leave it to America." - Scott Morrison.

"There's no better partnership. We've developed on a personal basis a tremendous friendship and that helps, that helps a lot." - Trump

ON CHINA:

"We have a great relationship with China, China's growth has been great for Australia, but we need to make sure that we all compete on the same playing field ... we've all got to get on the same page with how the world works." - Morrison

"Obviously China is a threat to the world, in a sense, because they're building their military faster than anybody." - Trump

"China wants to make a deal, I think we want to make a deal. We'll see what happens." - Trump

"The focus ... has to be what's best for our people and that means a stable, secure region and the presence of the United States in the Indo-Pacific, where they have been for a very long time, is a stabilising force in the region." - Morrison

ON IRAN:

"Iran is going to hell." - Trump

"I think the United States has taken a very measured and calibrated approach to date." - Morrison, on expanded sanctions Trump announced at the start of their meeting

"Maybe I have to hold myself back (from sending military). The easiest thing I could do, in fact I could do it while you're here, is say, 'Go ahead fellas, go do it'. And that would be a very bad day for Iran." - Trump

ON SPACE EXPLORATION:

"We're going to Mars; we're stopping at the moon. The moon is actually a launching pad, that's why we're stopping at the moon." - Trump

"Rich people in this country, I don't know about your country, but they like building rocket ships." - Trump

ON MINERALS:

"Australia's mineral industry is massive ... and you've done it in a very environmentally sensitive way and I know that's very important to you - it's very important to Scott, we talk about it a lot." - Trump

"A big part of what we've been discussing here is the new opportunities, the rare earths, the critical minerals, frontier technologies, space - this is where jobs are going to be in the future as well." - Morrison

ON COAL MINING:

"You're the leader of safety in coal digging and we've actually studied it. You used to have the black lung disease and in Australia, you almost don't have it any more." - Trump

ON MILITARY:

"Australia's military is unbelievable. I saw the order that they put in for some of our most sophisticated weapons and I said that's great, what they're doing." - Trump

"Our nuclear was getting very tired, they hadn't spent the money on it and now we have it in, as we would say, tippy-top shape." - Trump

ON GOLF:

"The president knows a lot more about golf than I do and he certainly swings a club way better than I do." - Morrison