Well we have had "our" Tony Abbott moment so I suppose it is inevitable that the Yanks have theirs now.
But do we have to suffer as well?

Trump....no definitely not. I won't go for this. Whatever he speaks is so unrealistic. I think the next president will be a Democrat.

david f writes: "[Trump] will be clever enough to convince the wage classes that he is serving their interests and so get re-elected."

It has always fascinated me how America's governments in the past have managed to do what I'd imagine other Western governments could only dream of doing by convincing the population to vote against their own interests in the hope that maybe, just maybe one day they too can make it rich and share in a piece of the pie.

When you can convince even the poorest in your country that public health would not be a good thing because it will allow communists to infiltrate the government through the health system, you've got it made.

Just don't tell them that the police and fire brigade are publicly funded.

We need a Trump in our own political wasteland.

ttbn, we already have one: Clive Palmer.

You're kidding me Aidan.

From the coverage leading up to the election, I was sure he was the ABCs candidate.