George Christensen, a right wing MP in the Australian federal government, smirked and smiled during Question Time as he updated his Twitter feed and watched US presidential results come in.
The US election results have already emboldened right wing political groups in Australia, who have been in public conflict with the more moderate prime minister Malcolm Turnbull since his shaky election win earlier this year.
Pauline Hanson, the leader of a key right-wing nationalist party in Australia's Senate, couldn't hide her happiness at the probable result.
@realDonaldTrump Mr President my door will always be open. Congrats on behalf of Pauline Hanson's One Nation Party of OZ. #MAGA #auspol
"Mr President my door will always be open. Congrats on behalf of Pauline Hanson's One Nation Party of OZ," she tweeted.
Earlier this year, Hanson claimed Australia was being "swamped by Muslims" and drew widespread condemnation from politicians from all sides.
Christensen has praised Hanson in the past for speaking out against "political correctness" — another favourite cause of the Trump campaign.
"People don’t want this political correctness crap anymore. There is nothing wrong with being a patriot," he said.
The Trump cause has also been boosted by another conservative government MP in recent months: Cory Bernardi. Bernardi has set up a new "Australian Conservatives" group to mobilise what he claims is the "silent majority".
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Speaking to BuzzFeed News from the United Nations in New York, where he is on a three-month secondment, Bernardi said he felt vindicated by the results.
"If he wins it means I was right," Bernardi said, referring to the protracted battles he's had with the Liberal party on immigration and gay marriage in the past.
"And if he loses the battle has just begun."