Monday morning the VIP aircraft carrying the returning PM’s entourage touched down on home soil and Australians began to wonder, Mr Turnbull’s meeting with President Trump achieved exactly – what?

There must have been some sly satisfaction enjoyed by the President of the United States, as, the Australian PM standing beside him, Mr Trump issued an emphatic rebuttal to the TPP, reiterating his earlier “It’s a bad idea” claim as well as offering Mr Turnbull an issue – gun control- on which to agree with the President.