WASHINGTON : After an early morning gallop , President Donald Trump has tweeted he will appoint a Shetland pony from Kentucky to the vacant post of US Ambassador to Australia . The prancing plenipotentiary will be tethered on the lawn rooftop of parliament house in Canberra and provide pony rides for children at weekends . The nag is expected to arrive in Australia in time for the Melbourne Cup .
Named Beetle Bomb, the ambassador ,shown here in an exclusive Sydney Morning Herald photograph, has a striking resemblance to the president, especially when viewed from the tail end . National Party members who horse about in haystacks and sport pieces of straw tucked behind their cauliflower ears , have welcomed the appointment .
Readers of this blog will recall that the former American Australian Ambassador Designate, Admiral Harry Harris, who with this blog used his influence to temporarily clean up the shamefully neglected war memorials in Townsville , was scratched at the starting gate , called home to the unstable stables to help Donald Trump geld the lumbering brumby , Kim Jong-un .
