Did the Democrats win last week’s midterm elections? Or did US President Donald Trump lose them?
Yes. And in that duality lies the real lesson for Australian politics.
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Albanese’s economic strategy is just as flawed as Donald Trump’s
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If there’s an American politics analog to the Prime Minister’s premature boast about taming inflation, it’s President George W. Bush 2003 declaration of “Mission Accomplished”.
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