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Trump was not a significant factor, and that matters : Comments
By Graham Young, published 8/5/2025Post election there is always jockeying to write the narrative. Frequently these are either complete fantasy, or 'faction' – fiction based on fact.
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Dear Graham,
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I understand where you are coming from.
Indeed, I think there are as many arguments for as there are against the Trump factor as the cause of the unexpectedly huge swing vote in favour of Labor.
But Trump is the big game changer, in my view. He succeeded in tearing America apart in the first 100 days of his second term as no other president has ever done before, and the shock waves have affected every other country in the world.
Some have been engulfed by it. Others have been repulsed.
It has boosted the political career of some and ruined that of others – Albanese among the former and Dutton among the latter.
Perhaps their fate may have been reversed if Trump had not upset the apple cart as he did.
It's a pity he is what he is, and not a Ned Kelly.
Things might have been a bit different ...
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