Donald Trump got his ABCs mixed up and the broadcaster had the perfect response

John Plunkett. Updated June 18th, 2019

Donald Trump, it appears, wasn’t entirely overwhelmed by the documentary about him which recently aired on ABC in the US.

Maybe because it showed moments like this.

Anyway, Trump went on Twitter to poo-poo the documentary, saying he hadn’t spent anything like the ’30 hours’ with programme makers that has been been reported.

I enjoyed my interview with @GStephanopoulos on @ABC. So funny to watch the Fake News Media try to dissect & distort every word in as negative a way as possible. It will be aired on Sunday night at 8:00 P.M., and is called, “President Trump: 30 Hours” (which is somewhat….

— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) June 16, 2019

….misleading in that I personally spent only a small fraction of that time doing interviews. I do have a few other things to do, you know!). Think I will do many more Network Interviews, as I did in 2016, in order to get the word out that no President has done what I have in…

— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) June 16, 2019

.@FoxNews Polls are always bad for me. They were against Crooked Hillary also. Something weird going on at Fox. Our polls show us leading in all 17 Swing States. For the record, I didn’t spend 30 hours with @abcnews, but rather a tiny fraction of that. More Fake News @BretBaier

— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) June 17, 2019

Except the ABC channel he referenced in his tweets was the ABC in Australia, not the ABC in the US, and the Aussie broadcaster had the perfect response.

G'day! As much as we appreciate the shout-out, we think you meant @ABC? pic.twitter.com/GYwZKRVuya

— ABC News (@abcnews) June 18, 2019

People liked it, they really liked it.

https://twitter.com/cameronwilson/status/1140828431199817728

The Australians are just out here trying to say they would very much like to be excluded from this narrative https://t.co/AFxjpTjXwc

— Doha Madani (@DohaMadani) June 18, 2019

five stars for the ABC social team for using the best koala meme https://t.co/pBCpJQPvyw pic.twitter.com/4zDyTtMrnV

— Josh Butler (@JoshButler) June 18, 2019

Will someone please share with us the name of whoever deserves credit for this response? I'm looking at you @abcnews @gavmorris https://t.co/Hs3dcdhwBc

— Damien Cave (@damiencave) June 18, 2019