The PM tweeted a photo yesterday with the government’s four-word slogan “STRONG DEFENCE.” “SECURE BORDERS.”, unfortunately the ‘strong stance’ is being widely panned on social media.

Check it out:

pic.twitter.com/qXbDd7zUcF

— Malcolm Turnbull (@TurnbullMalcolm) November 16, 2016

Reaction:

@TurnbullMalcolm ooh look kids we’ve gone from 3 to 4 word slogans #auspol

— Simon Burke (@SimonBurke) November 16, 2016

@TurnbullMalcolm remember when you were cool?

— Peter Wells (@peterwells) November 16, 2016

@TurnbullMalcolm Dude, stop. Remember how you used to be *slightly* progressive?

— Jackson Palmer (@ummjackson) November 16, 2016

.@TurnbullMalcolm thank goodness you are protecting us from these dangerous children ? pic.twitter.com/bqaQI4qSf1

— Shane Bazzi (@shanebazzi) November 16, 2016

@TurnbullMalcolm I fixed it for you pic.twitter.com/H8VD5XHfg5

— ellipsii (@ellipsii) November 16, 2016

@TurnbullMalcolm Top work Mal, stick it to those people fleeing war torn countries to save their lives and the lives of their children.

— Nathan Cocks (@ElPrezAU) November 16, 2016

I’m not very good at Photoshop and even I know this is bad. Someone got paid a lot of money for this. https://t.co/KTBeyIYOql

— 38 days to Christmas (@SteveMolk) November 16, 2016

Oh good. We’re taking our photoshop cues from North Korea now. https://t.co/zE8BsGLXHM

— AngelaMaryClaire ? (@AngeMaryClaire) November 16, 2016

umm..are we at war? https://t.co/JhEaOUkDaC

— Jeannette Francis (@Jan__Fran) November 16, 2016

courtesy of @bortofdarkness pic.twitter.com/CsK2CIV2PO

— santa is real (@fakeedbutler) November 16, 2016

This is sophisticated new messaging from the government pic.twitter.com/5K35vFs0Fl

— Pat Caruana (@patbcaruana) November 16, 2016

wait for meeeeeeee pic.twitter.com/RvTHp8G8ZF

— Alex Bruce-Smith (@alexbrucesmith) November 16, 2016