Trump’s Aussie act proves he’s got no clue

The list of Australian treasures just grew one name longer today.

Oh, we have our Magda, our Hugh, our Delta – but let me introduce you to Democratic Senator Mark Warner of Virginia.

In a matter of two minutes, one of the US Senate’s largely interchangeable roster of 66 white middle-aged blokes has managed to transform himself into Australia’s latest, greatest hero.

As the US unleashes the global trade Rapture, Senator Warner has taken up Australia’s cause and issued the Trump administration with a deliciously fiery drubbing over our shocking treatment by the White House.

Today, the full sweep of Donald Trump’s recently-announced, unhinged and imbecilic tariffs came into effect, which have already seen $7 trillion wiped off global markets.

In Mr Trump’s unleashing of his economic Kraken, Australia has not been spared.

We have been hit by a blanket 10 per cent tariff, despite us supposedly being on text-me-everyday bestie terms with Washington.