Bad Politics

<p>On Wednesday, <a href="http://www.someecards.com/news/politics/president-trump-black-history-month-frederick-douglass/">Donald Trump</a> tweeted about a refugee resettlement agreement that the U.S. has with <a href="http://www.someecards.com/news/so-that-happened/kangaroo-attack-car-dash-cam/">Australia</a>, under which 1,000 refugees who originally sought asylum in Australia would be relocated to the U.S. Or, as Trump eloquently put it:</p><div class="oembedall-container sec-iframe sec-oembed-iframe"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Do you believe it? The Obama Administration agreed to take thousands of illegal immigrants from Australia. Why? I will study this dumb deal!</p>&mdash; Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) <a href="https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/827002559122567168?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">February 2, 2017</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></div><div className="ad-splitter"></div><p>This came after a tense call on January 28 with Australia&#39;s Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull (apparently before Trump had &quot;studied&quot; the deal), that only last 25 minutes of the allotted hour before Trump abruptly hung up, <a href="https://www.bloomberg.com/politics/articles/2017-02-02/testy-trump-call-report-puts-australia-s-leader-on-defensive?cmpid=socialflow-twitter-business&amp;utm_content=business&amp;utm_campaign=socialflow-organic&amp;utm_source=twitter&amp;utm_medium=social">Bloomberg</a> reports. On the call, Trump referred to the resettlement agreement as &quot;the worst deal ever.&quot; What&#39;s crazy to everybody is that Trump is managing to mess things up with Australia, the most chill ally we have. I know that not all Australians surf, eat Vegemite, drink Foster&#39;s beer, and are Hugh Jackman, but dang, I can&#39;t think of a place much more down to hang than Australia. And yet somehow, we found ourselves having beef with the place that gave us Men At Work.</p><p>Anyway, here are some of Twitter&#39;s best reactions to the news that Trump blew it with the Land Down Under.</p><div class="oembedall-container sec-iframe sec-oembed-iframe"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Classic &quot;Risk&quot; strategy: invade Australia first.</p>&mdash; Ken Jennings (@KenJennings) <a href="https://twitter.com/KenJennings/status/826971525760757760?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">February 2, 2017</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></div><div className="ad-splitter"></div><div class="oembedall-container sec-iframe sec-oembed-iframe"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">The man can&#39;t even get along with Australia.<br><br>AUSTRALIA.</p>&mdash; Great Lakes Pirate (@WeSingSin) <a href="https://twitter.com/WeSingSin/status/827005663217848324?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">February 2, 2017</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></div><div className="ad-splitter"></div><div class="oembedall-container sec-iframe sec-oembed-iframe"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Australians live with deadly animals and pay twice as much for video games that come out later. We should not fuck with Australia.</p>&mdash; Mike Drucker (@MikeDrucker) <a href="https://twitter.com/MikeDrucker/status/827014770851131392?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">February 2, 2017</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></div><div className="ad-splitter"></div><div class="oembedall-container sec-iframe sec-oembed-iframe"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">“We’re going to declare war on Australia. I want Crocodile Dundee and Mad Max immediately assassinated. After that they’ll surrender.” <a href="https://t.co/jNEnFtNppJ">pic.twitter.com/jNEnFtNppJ</a></p>&mdash; Dr. Pumpkin Spiceotope (@BuckyIsotope) <a href="https://twitter.com/BuckyIsotope/status/827014983951253505?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">February 2, 2017</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></div><div className="ad-splitter"></div><div class="oembedall-container sec-iframe sec-oembed-iframe"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Never have trusted Australia. What are they doing all the way over there? Why do they want to live so far from everyone else?</p>&mdash; Trevor Moore (@itrevormoore) <a href="https://twitter.com/itrevormoore/status/827014353811484674?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">February 2, 2017</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></div><div className="ad-splitter"></div><div class="oembedall-container sec-iframe sec-oembed-iframe"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">AUSTRALIA is mad at us. AUSTRALIA.</p>&mdash; take care of yourself (@anamariecox) <a href="https://twitter.com/anamariecox/status/827011317575909376?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">February 2, 2017</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></div><div className="ad-splitter"></div><div class="oembedall-container sec-iframe sec-oembed-iframe"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Dear Australia (and everyone else), Please ignore the current potus..he is illegitimate. We need 2b in time out while we fix this.</p>&mdash; Wonder Woman 🐝 #BidenHarris2020 (@AlsoWonderWoman) <a href="https://twitter.com/AlsoWonderWoman/status/827010264537165828?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">February 2, 2017</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></div><div className="ad-splitter"></div><oembed>https://twitter.com/Max_Fisher/status/827010132697571328</oembed><div className="ad-splitter"></div><div class="oembedall-container sec-iframe sec-oembed-iframe"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">WHO FIGHTS WITH AUSTRALIA?!?!</p>&mdash; Tony Posnanski (@tonyposnanski) <a href="https://twitter.com/tonyposnanski/status/827008213421846529?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">February 2, 2017</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></div><div className="ad-splitter"></div><div class="oembedall-container sec-iframe sec-oembed-iframe"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">I had Australia in my office pool.</p>&mdash; Michelle Beadle (@MichelleDBeadle) <a href="https://twitter.com/MichelleDBeadle/status/827007520891744257?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">February 2, 2017</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></div><div className="ad-splitter"></div><div class="oembedall-container sec-iframe sec-oembed-iframe"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Great. Our relationship with Australia now. <a href="https://t.co/0iyVsExLGi">pic.twitter.com/0iyVsExLGi</a></p>&mdash; Anthony Breznican (@Breznican) <a href="https://twitter.com/Breznican/status/827003381025763329?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">February 2, 2017</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></div><div className="ad-splitter"></div><div class="oembedall-container sec-iframe sec-oembed-iframe"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">A friend notes that Australia is the only country which has fought alongside US in every conflict since WW2.</p>&mdash; Josh Marshall (@joshtpm) <a href="https://twitter.com/joshtpm/status/827002909544108033?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">February 2, 2017</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></div><div className="ad-splitter"></div><oembed>https://twitter.com/RonCharles/status/827001830068600833</oembed><div className="ad-splitter"></div><div class="oembedall-container sec-iframe sec-oembed-iframe"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">We are going to build a Great Barrier Reef, and Australia is going to pay for it! -<a href="https://twitter.com/JeffShesol?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@JeffShesol</a></p>&mdash; ALT DOJ (@ALT_DOJ) <a href="https://twitter.com/ALT_DOJ/status/827002224597282817?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">February 2, 2017</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></div><div className="ad-splitter"></div><oembed>https://twitter.com/internetalena/status/826968506050584576</oembed><div className="ad-splitter"></div>

Twitter cannot believe that Trump has somehow created beef with Australia.

On Wednesday, Donald Trump tweeted about a refugee resettlement agreement that the U.S. has with Australia, under which 1,000 refugees who originally sought asylum in Australia would be relocated to the U.S. Or, as Trump eloquently put it:Do you believe it? The Obama Administration agreed to take thousands of illegal immigrants from Australia. Why? I will study this dumb deal!&mdash; Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) February 2, 2017 This came after a tense call on January 28 with Australia&#39;s Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull (apparently before Trump had &quot;studied&quot; the deal), that only last 25 minutes of the allotted hour before Trump abruptly hung up, Bloomberg reports. On the call, Trump referred to the resettlement agreement as &quot;the worst deal ever.&quot; What&#39;s crazy to everybody is that Trump is managing to mess things up with Australia, the most chill ally we have. I know that not all Australians surf, eat Vegemite, drink Foster&#39;s beer, and are Hugh Jackman, but dang, I can&#39;t think of a place much more down to hang than Australia. And yet somehow, we found ourselves having beef with the place that gave us Men At Work.Anyway, here are some of Twitter&#39;s best reactions to the news that Trump blew it with the Land Down Under.Classic &quot;Risk&quot; strategy: invade Australia first.&mdash; Ken Jennings (@KenJennings) February 2, 2017 The man can&#39;t even get along with Australia.AUSTRALIA.&mdash; Great Lakes Pirate (@WeSingSin) February 2, 2017 Australians live with deadly animals and pay twice as much for video games that come out later. We should not fuck with Australia.&mdash; Mike Drucker (@MikeDrucker) February 2, 2017 “We’re going to declare war on Australia. I want Crocodile Dundee and Mad Max immediately assassinated. After that they’ll surrender.” pic.twitter.com/jNEnFtNppJ&mdash; Dr. Pumpkin Spiceotope (@BuckyIsotope) February 2, 2017 Never have trusted Australia. What are they doing all the way over there? Why do they want to live so far from everyone else?&mdash; Trevor Moore (@itrevormoore) February 2, 2017 AUSTRALIA is mad at us. AUSTRALIA.&mdash; take care of yourself (@anamariecox) February 2, 2017 Dear Australia (and everyone else), Please ignore the current potus..he is illegitimate. We need 2b in time out while we fix this.&mdash; Wonder Woman 🐝 #BidenHarris2020 (@AlsoWonderWoman) February 2, 2017 https://twitter.com/Max_Fisher/status/827010132697571328WHO FIGHTS WITH AUSTRALIA?!?!&mdash; Tony Posnanski (@tonyposnanski) February 2, 2017 I had Australia in my office pool.&mdash; Michelle Beadle (@MichelleDBeadle) February 2, 2017 Great. Our relationship with Australia now. pic.twitter.com/0iyVsExLGi&mdash; Anthony Breznican (@Breznican) February 2, 2017 A friend notes that Australia is the only country which has fought alongside US in every conflict since WW2.&mdash; Josh Marshall (@joshtpm) February 2, 2017 https://twitter.com/RonCharles/status/827001830068600833We are going to build a Great Barrier Reef, and Australia is going to pay for it! -@JeffShesol&mdash; ALT DOJ (@ALT_DOJ) February 2, 2017 https://twitter.com/internetalena/status/826968506050584576

On Wednesday, Donald Trump tweeted about a refugee resettlement agreement that the U.S. has with Australia, under which 1,000 refugees who originally sought asylum in Australia would be relocated to the U.S. Or, as Trump eloquently put it:...