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Flat White

Voters want Trump, but with an Aussie accent

7 February 2025

4:22 PM

7 February 2025

4:22 PM

Conservatives are crying out online for Opposition Leader Peter Dutton to go ‘full Trump’, or at least ‘a little bit Trump’, but they would probably settle for a ‘tad Trump’ at this stage of desperation.

Yesterday I asked on The Spectator Australia Facebook account, ‘Should Peter Dutton be more like Trump?’ and almost all of the 143 replies were some version of, ‘Heck yeah!’

There is an appetite for Trump-inspired conservatism in Australia.

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