What would Peter Dutton do differently with Donald Trump?

Well, he tells the ABC, not a lot really. He’ll do the same things and also just beg a little more.

Firstly, when Donald Trump was president a few years ago, we were able to negotiate with the administration for Australia to be exempt from the tariffs. And that was a very significant outcome. But it didn’t happen by chance. We had identified Joe Hockey’s work as ambassador was crucial in doing this – identifying people who could have an influence in the decision in and around the administration. That’s exactly what we did.

This Prime Minister just hasn’t got any of that connection. There’s been no work done in the run-up to what was obviously being announced. And I think for us, the question at this election is – who is best able to manage the relationship? Who is best able to manage the economy so that we can deal with Labor’s cost-of-living crisis? And who is best able to deal with national security in a very uncertain time? We have the ability, as a coalition, not just to clean up a bad period of economic management after a Labor period in government, but also to make the decisions to help families and help promote that investment into our economy, which is necessary to create the jobs and economic activity.

Dutton is asking Australians who will be able to ‘connect’ better with Trump, which is essentially just asking Australians, who will Trump like more – and is being liked by Trump something Australians want this time around?