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Voters Down Under put Australian interests first; another win for Trump-style nationalism?

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The Nationalist Spring is alive and growing as Australia’s conservative prime minister Scott Morrison’s unexpected win on Saturday appears to show. “Tonight is about every…
The Nationalist Spring is alive and growing as Australia’s conservative prime minister Scott Morrison’s unexpected win on Saturday appears to show.
“Tonight is about every single Australian who depends on their government to put them first,” Mr. Morrison said. “And that is exactly what we are going to do.”
Whether a sign of the times or serendipity, Mr. Morrison is an evangelical Christian who admires President Trump.
Mr. Trump is that unique U. S. president who unapologetically uses the government he leads to put the interests of Americans and America first.
American evangelicals and more secular conservatives alike extol Mr. Trump as if he were one of them.
When it comes to abortion, religious freedom, taxes, economic incentives and deregulation, The Donald has shown he is one of them.
There is at work in this upset election of an Australian Trumpster an ongoing force we’ve seen gain stretch even as it has ebbed and flowed at home and abroad over recent decades.

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