Donald Trump rejects Australia's bid for exemption from steel and aluminium tariffs

Looks like the free trade agreement Australia signed with the United States in 2005 doesn’t mean shit anymore. There is not even a justification like Fentanyl or Illegal immigration to at least make it look legal. The United States has a trade surplus with Australia, so a trade war with Australia would be just shooting yourselves in the foot by pushing away one of the United States closest allies for no reason. Australia has a federal election soon and I'm sure its going to be an election issue if Australia should distance itself from the United States.