An 8.20pm Christmas Day tweet from conservative commentator Rowan Dean was a reminder of where Sky After Dark pundits, the far right, and MAGA converts want Peter Dutton to take the federal election campaign: “Full Trump.”

Christmas Newspoll confirms what I have been telling you for 2 years:
Labor is finished. Albo & co are repugnant to all decent Australians
Dutton will scrape in at the next election but he’s got to go full Trump if he wants to win a decent majority in his own right

— Rowan Dean (@rowandean) December 25, 2024

It was the internet equivalent of an awkward post-lunch contribution from extended family (before nap time): A bit cringe, but everyone very keen to see where it goes.

But Dean’s prediction that Labor is finished, and his festive recommendation to the Opposition Leader, is not isolated or in any way haphazard.

Following Trump’s upgrade to version 2.0, there is increasing energy behind the idea that the US president-elect’s recipe for electoral success may be a winner for the Coalition in 2025.

What does “full Trump” mean exactly, and can it really be applied in........

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