US President Joe Biden’s refusal on Oz Pfizer plea shows gulf between him and Donald Trump

Australia has fought alongside America in all its conflicts, but in our hour of need its disgraceful Commander in Chief has refused to share a small portion of its 26 million-jab stockpile.

Joe Biden is a disgrace. In Australia’s hour of need, the US President has betrayed its stalwart ally.

Australia has fought alongside America in every godforsaken war — including Afghanistan — but has been deemed not worthy of receiving a small portion of the 26 million spare doses of vaccine Biden and his administration is sitting on.

Instead, it’s left to Poland to come to Australia’s rescue with the extra one million Pfizer doses we sorely need.

Prime Minister Scott Morrison announces the extra Covid doses on Sunday morning. Picture: Gary Ramage

According to the Weekend Australian, the Morrison government has begged the Biden administration for access to its stockpile of spare Pfizer doses that are about to expire — and has been rebuffed.

Why?

Senior Republicans have been advocating in Australia’s behalf, to no avail.

Michael McCaul, the senior Republican on the House foreign affairs committee, told Sharri Markson’s Sky News that Australia should be prioritised for the doses.

Senior Republican Michael McCaul has campaigned for Australia to get the US’s surplus doses. Picture: Timothy A. Clary

“Australia is not only an ally but a Five Eyes ally,” Mr McCaul said.

“I’ve been pressuring this ­administration through the Covax program to give more of these ­vaccines that are just sitting in warehouses in the US.

“They will expire if we don’t get them out the door.”

You can bet that if Donald Trump were still president, Australia would have all the vaccine it needed.