For Peter Dutton it is truly Hail Mary time. He needs nothing short of a miracle to get back in the hunt.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The opposition leader has had some rotten luck this election, having slid from a healthy lead as preferred prime minister over Anthony Albanese in some polls in early 2025, to comprehensively behind\u00a0at the time of writing. We\u2019re sure it\u2019s absolutely nothing to do with his bumbling campaign, general likability, or lack of any detail on the Coalition\u2019s signature policies.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Donald Trump\u2019s decision to impose tariffs on the entire world, including Australia, has left much of the privately Trump-happy Coalition in a bind, including Dutton. Before the tariffs, Dutton said Trump was a \u201cshrewd\u201d and \u201creasonable\u201d leader, and a \u201cbig thinker and a deal maker\u201d.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Dutton has since tried to\u00a0distance himself as much as he can from Trump, as well as the president\u2019s quite politically inconvenient tariffs.\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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