Donald Trump is a standard-issue liberal-leaning businessman who, having decided that his best chance for glory lies with the GOP, found a few hot button issues that appeal to conservatives. If you move beyond these issues and get him off-message, he reverts to the liberal notions and cliches that predominate among the rich and famous.
The only difference between how Trump is described and our Malcolm is that he hasn’t even found a single one of those issues, hot button or not, that appeal to conservatives. Whatever he does that is reminiscent of the the conservative side of the ledger is only being done because he has been forced to by the 43 who would be in open rebellion if he tried to dodge the original agreement. But if you want to have some idea of what the PM is like, let me take you to Geoffrey Luck’s review of Malcolm Turnbull’s biography found at Quadrant Online. If you are looking for evidence that Malcolm has always been a man on a mission, go to the link. Here is a bit from the start on how he ended up leading a party of the right without having any principles to match.
Well explained is how despite the temptation of many ALP friends and mentors, Turnbull made the objective decision that in Labor, his wealth would ultimately frustrate his obsessive ambition to become prime minister.
I have no idea what Trump will be like as President but there he will almost surely be, in the same way that I still have no idea what Malcolm will be like as PM although that is what he now already is. But both from the business class, both from the left and both overflowing with confidence in their abilities.
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