How Trump could destroy Dutton's campaign with a single thought

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

57% : Clive Palmer's 'Trumpet of Patriots' is still a threat to Labor - given the mining billionaire could splurge millions on anti-Labor messaging While Palmer's new 'Trumpet of Patriots' party is unlikely to be electorally successfully or even competitive, that doesn't necessarily mean its ad campaign won't cut through when criticising other parties and politicians.
54% : Anything is possible - and Trump has proven himself willing to inject his thoughts into the domestic affairs of other nations.
49% : Trump and Melania.
49% : Meanwhile, the debate over whether or not Dutton does or doesn't mini-me Trump once again highlights that Australian federal elections have become presidential style campaigns focused on the major party leaders.
44% : Like it or not Dutton will have to deal with nearly five more weeks of being compared to Trump.
42% : It is clever because Trump isn't overly popular in Australia, and his current tariffs agenda, alongside some of his massive cuts to government departments, are red flags that Dutton wouldn't necessarily want to be associated with.
31% : If Trump did sit down and pen a furious 'Truth Social' post endorsing Dutton, Albo can point back to his recent comparisons.
29% : The PM hasn't specifically drawn the comparison between Dutton and Trump, in part because doing so might elicit a nasty response from the US President if he realises he is being insulted.
28% : All Albo says when justifying his shady comparison - calling Dutton a copycat while denying he is using Trump as a political weapon - is that voters can make up their own minds about whether similarities exist.
27% : To be fair, Dutton is nothing like Trump, however much Albo implies otherwise.
25% : Albo's comparison is designed to insulate the PM and Labor from the risk that Trump might come out at some time between now and polling day and endorse a vote for Dutton.
22% : Any intervention from the US President in the campaign would likely not be welcomed by Team Dutton Albanese has trickily drawn a comparison between Trump and Dutton - all while denying that was what he was doing This is a bipartisan problem.
21% : By PETER VAN ONSELEN, POLITICAL EDITOR FOR DAILY MAIL AUSTRALIA Anthony Albanese's attempts to compare Opposition Leader Peter Dutton to the US President Donald Trump are a deliberate tactic designed to frighten voters out of switching support to the Coalition at the election.
19% : To turn that negative into a positive, he needs to point out that Albo characterising him in that way is an extension of Hillary Clinton's attempt to paint Trump supporters as deplorables.
17% : The Clive factor The attempt to slur Dutton by comparing him to Trump won't go unnoticed by Clive Palmer, who actually is channeling his new party's campaign as one emulating Trump.
16% : Why Trump wouldn't happen here While Trump was electorally successful in the US, and voter resentments towards government failures in Australia to some extent echo those in the US before its election, the differences in voting systems suggest a Trump style campaign here would never work.
8% : By likening Dutton to Trump and therefore implying he's a villain, Albo risks anyone sympathetic to Trump viewing him as out of touch.
5% : If Donald Trump made some supportive noises about Peter Dutton's campaign it could be a big blow for the Liberals, in a country that is not overly supportive of Trump To be fair, plenty of politicians around the world felt free to do the same when it came to Trump's bid to become President, on each occasion.

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