'Sadly, your assessment of him is dead-on': Americans react to Australian journalist's brutal takedown of US President Donald Trump and his behaviour at the G20 summit

  • Americans flocked to social media to express support for an Australian journalist
  • Political editor Chris Uhlmann delivered a scathing analysis of Donald Trump 
  • 'He was an uneasy, lonely, awkward figure' he said about Mr Trump at the G20
  • Social media users took to Twitter to voice their support for Uhlmann 
  • 'Sums up in two minutes what every progressive has been trying to say for a year'

By Kate Darvall For Daily Mail Australia

Published: 11:57 EDT, 9 July 2017 | Updated: 20:21 EDT, 9 July 2017

Americans have flocked to social media to react to an Australian journalist's brutal take-down of US President Donald Trump and his behaviour at the G20 summit. 

ABC political editor Chris Uhlmann delivered a scathing analysis of Mr Trump at the G20 summit in Germany when he appeared on the Insiders program on Sunday.

'He was an uneasy, lonely, awkward figure at this gathering and you got the strong sense some of the leaders are trying to find the best way to work around him,' Uhlmann said. 

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Australian ABC journalist Chris Uhlmann (pictured) set Twitter alight on Sunday with his analysis of US President Donald Trump while reporting on the G20 summit 

Australian ABC journalist Chris Uhlmann (pictured) set Twitter alight on Sunday with his analysis of US President Donald Trump while reporting on the G20 summit 

Since his scathing rant went to air on Sunday, thousands of people took to Twitter to support Uhlmann and commend him on his eloquent delivery.

'Australian reporter Chris Uhlmann sums up in two minutes what every progressive in America has been trying to say for a year. Pitch perfect,' Nathan Dame said.

'Wow. A searing assessment of the President of the United States by political editor Chris Uhlmann of Australia's ABC,' Bradd Jaffy said.

Support for the ABC journalist continued to flow throughout most of the day on Sunday, with hundreds of Americans joining the chorus of those praising Uhlmann.

'[He] is the first journalist to accurately assess the reign of Donald Trump, and what he just did to America,' the Rebel Action Network tweeted.

'Sadly, your assessment of Trump is dead-on. We Americans and the world deserve better than this incompetent, incoherent ignoramus,' Shelly Sure said. 

Mr Uhlmann said Mr Trump (pictured) 'craves power because it burnishes his celebrity'

Mr Uhlmann said Mr Trump (pictured) 'craves power because it burnishes his celebrity'

'Trump has brought shame on America, he is the laughing stock of the world,' PrairieWind Creation said.

During Uhlmann's two-minute speech, he also took aim at Mr Trump's use of Twitter, saying he 'barks out bile in 140 characters' and 'wastes his previous days as president'.

'To be constantly talking and be talked about is all that really matters and there is no value placed on the meanings of words.'

While the majority heaped praise on Uhlmann and supported his message, he was not without his critics.

U.S. President Donald Trump and his wife Melania Trump arrive to the Elbphilharmone for the dinner during the G20 Summit 

U.S. President Donald Trump and his wife Melania Trump arrive to the Elbphilharmone for the dinner during the G20 Summit 

'Chris Uhlmann you didn't just insult President Trump, you insulted 47 of our states. We don't need you or your broke like minded thinkers,' Martha Wolkonsky said.

'No one cares about his opinion. He's a fool. His opinion is worth no more than dirt,' Nelson Taylor said.

'Trump is doing an incredible job for Americans. We don't need to hear what these idiots have to say. They are not pro America.'

An Australian tweeting from an account titled 'Bring Back Abbott' slammed the journalist's account as 'partisan bile'.

'Chris Uhlmann you didn't just insult President Trump, you insulted 47 of our states. We don't need you or your broke like minded thinkers,' Martha Wolkonsky said

'Chris Uhlmann you didn't just insult President Trump, you insulted 47 of our states. We don't need you or your broke like minded thinkers,' Martha Wolkonsky said

Mr Uhlmann took aim at Mr Trump's use of Twitter, saying he 'barks out bile in 140 characters' and 'wastes his precious days as President'

Mr Uhlmann took aim at Mr Trump's use of Twitter, saying he 'barks out bile in 140 characters' and 'wastes his precious days as President'

'Chris Uhlmann is a staunch lefty, married to a Labor MP. His nasty analysis of Donald Trump is nothing more than partisan bile,' he said.

Uhlmann is married to Labor MP Gai Brodtmann, but he was a former senior advisor to conservative Christian independent Paul Osborne.

He was also considered a conservative political commentator.

While he sent Twitter into meltdown, Uhlmann himself remained silent on social media on Sunday.

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