Rinehart lauds ‘outstanding leader’ while Pratt says he is ‘honored to support your call to Make America Great Again’
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Two of Australia’s richest people, Gina Rinehart and Anthony Pratt, have taken out newspaper ads in the US declaring their unswerving affection for the president-elect, Donald Trump, who will be inaugurated on Monday.
Pratt’s advertisement in Sunday’s New York Times featured a map of the US (sans Hawaii and Alaska) and asserted Trump would revitalise manufacturing in the country.
