In the US, first foreign policies are established and then presidents are elected. I don't think we can talk about a relationship here but a degree of manipulation based on how much weakness the other side has. We'd seen several examples of it in the previous Trump administration.

This is the Australia we love: egalitarian, fair dinkum and no passage to fascism and genocidal figures.

2) The moral of the story: do not "use" material from people without asking their permission. If they'd asked me, instead of nicking away a video file, I'd have given them better material. What a shame for them!