In the heartland of America, they turned out in droves for Donald Trump.
The US president was greeted in Wapakoneta, Ohio with the town's small population turned out to wave flags and Trump 2020 banners and to cram into the brand new paper recycling factory that has brought jobs to the area.
"Macho Man" played over the speakers as the president and Prime Minister Scott Morrison toured the paper mill's facilities. "I wanna be a macho man."
But it was an Australian gentleman who had brought the greatest show in America to town.
Trump labelled billionaire boxmaker Anthony Pratt "one of the most successful men in the world" - and everyone knows how much he loves a winner.
Pratt pledged ahead of the 2012 election that if Trump won, he would invest $5 billion in the United States, and he's making good on that.
He explained to Trump as they looked at photos of cardboard recycling - nearly unheard of in the US - that his rollout of plants across the country would create 9000 American manufacturing jobs.
"That's a lot of jobs," Trump replied.
And Pratt shared the love, telling him Morrison had generated 29,000 jobs a month since he was treasurer.
"The prime minister is the Don Bradman of Australian job creation - Don Bradman was our Babe Ruth," he said, explaining the cricket reference to a confused Trump.
The nearly 2000 people waiting to see the president speak were muted in their roars for the unknown Morrison, but warmed up to him after Trump touted the coalition's election victory which he put down to the prime minister believing many of the same things as him.
"He's a good gentleman and they love him in Australia and now they love him in the United States," he said.
And Morrison further endeared himself by attempting an American-accented pronunciation of Wapakoneta.
"And they tell me this is called Wapak - is that right?" he said, stumbling over the town's nickname.
"You think I would get it better. We've got Wagga Wagga, Wollongong, Wallerawang, Wangaratta, Warnambool, Woolloomooloo.
"So Wapak, that fits right in, a little bit of Australia right here in Ohio."
The crowd roared.
Australian Associated Press
