Odd couple
Donald Trump’s return was meant to spell trouble for Labor, but it’s left Anthony Albanese looking stronger — and his rivals more divided than ever.
If you’d been asked at the start of the year which world leaders would benefit most from Donald Trump’s return to the White House, Anthony Albanese probably wouldn’t have made the list.
Italy’s Giorgia Meloni, perhaps. Maybe Hungarian strongman Viktor Orbán. But not a self-described progressive from the left wing of the Australian Labor Party.
This week’s White House meeting, however, showed that Trump 2.0 is working in the Australian prime minister’s favour. That must be infuriating for his political rivals.
It’s widely accepted that Trump’s unpredictable behaviour earlier in the year damaged Peter Dutton and was one of the factors underpinning Albanese’s dominant election victory in May.
