Sean Spicer, White House Press Secretary, arguably holds the position in US politics which is least deserving of household recognition. I’d ask you to name Obama’s Press Secretaries, but there’s a fair chance you can’t (I looked it up, he had three: Robert Gibbs, Jay Carney, and Josh Earnest. Store that one away for a pub trivia night down the road).

And yet here we are, with Spicer’s name being bandied about the press almost on-par with figurehead US President Donald Trump and secret real President Steve Bannon.

The White House media attack dog has served as a media mouthpiece for the airing of all Trump’s grievances with the media, justified or not (mostly not), and the President’s latest bout of Prime Ministerial posterising has drawn Australian politics media into Spicer’s web.

Following yesterday’s unbelievable revelation that Trump spat fire at Malcolm Turnbull down the phone over Obama’s previous refugee resettlement deal, and then hung-the-fuck-up on the goddamned Prime Minister of Australia, Spicer was in damage control earlier this morning, trying to ease the crinkled brow of what was previously the world’s easiest diplomatic relationship.

Oh yeah, and he did so by casually referring to the PM as “Prime Minister Trumble.”

Twice.

Excuse me everyone, please enjoy White House Press Secretary Sean Spicer TWICE saying “Prime Minister TRUMBLE” pic.twitter.com/4JnpzucCbm — Mark Di Stefano (@MarkDiStef) February 2, 2017

That clearly went under the radar of everyone, right? I mean it’s not like people would- oh, wait. Yep, they’ve making jokes pretty much constantly since then.

I think poor Prime Minister Trumble is in need of a good lie down after the week he’s had — Tas (@thetasman) February 2, 2017

At least Malcolm can still enter the USA when Prime Minister Trumble is put on the no fly list.#auspol #trumble — Moo (@Mooby_Doo) February 2, 2017

LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, PRIME MINISTER TRUMBLE ???????? pic.twitter.com/pUYl5WHwOM — John Johnsonson (@JohnJohnsonson) February 2, 2017

Sean Spicer: Prime Minister Trumble…

Australia: pic.twitter.com/wLSYd3QpIw — G i G i (@gacd86) February 2, 2017

Hey @PressSec – who the fuck is “Prime Minister Trumble”? Has there been another change of PM in Australia? Thanks, Australians everywhere. — James Newburrie (@DifficultNerd) February 2, 2017

Prime Minister Trumble preparing to send one down to President Trump. pic.twitter.com/VTRsMKU7b2 — Clarence Beeks (@ClarenceBeeksX) February 2, 2017

?? I knew you were Trumble when you walked in

Trumble, Trumble, Trumble ??https://t.co/Ez5IyZ8xXw — Sanjay Patel (@spat106) February 2, 2017

Prime Minister Trumble sounds like the lovable eccentric PM written by Dickens that we absolutely don’t deserve — Dan Golding (@dangolding) February 2, 2017

I don’t know about you but I never voted for Prime Minister Trumble #TrumbleinRiverCity — David Campbell (@DavidCampbell73) February 2, 2017

Oh boy. This is some shitty week poor old Trumble’s had.

Prime Minister Trumble this week: pic.twitter.com/RBziMjRFcx — G i G i (@gacd86) February 2, 2017

Maybe break out the Grange and a Charles Mingus LP tonight, Malc. Take your mind off things. We’ve all been there.

Source: Twitter.