Posted on 05/18/2019 11:37:31 PM PDT by naturalman1975
President Trump has extended his congratulations to Australian Prime Minister, Scott Morrison, after his surprise election win over Labor leader Bill Shorten on Saturday.
Morrison, who was considered a serious underdog in the race, defied opinion polls and betting markets to emerge victorious in the election – a result that even he dubbed ‘a miracle’.
He credited the force behind the unexpected win to a populist wave – the ‘quiet Australians’, as he called them - which is a phenomenon that similarly upended politics in Great Britain in the Brexit referendum, and in the US, when Donald Trump unexpectedly cemented his claim to the White House.
No stranger to being considered an outsider in the polls, Trump tweeted in support of Morrison on Saturday afternoon, saying: ‘Congratulations to Scott on a GREAT WIN’.
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We'll take it.
Good on ya ,Australia.
Congratulations Australia!
https://youtu.be/s62MrU8mHx4
Thanks Mark. I am very happy with my fellow Australians. I never believed the polls and thought it was possible to win. I bet on the marginal seats especially in Queensland wanting mining jobs but tbh I didnt expect us to do as well as they have. Looks like an increase in both houses. Woohoo!
The election of President Trump set off an undeniable, Conservative wave around the planet.
Hardly a wave victory. The Coalition might stil not be able to govern in its own right. Still some to and fro in a handful of seats.
I hear impeachment proceedings have already begun.
Now everyone wants their own Trump.
That’s okay with me!
Scott Morrison mocking a woman trying to save her friend.
https://twitter.com/i/status/1059937850894966784
Complicit w/ FVEY.
Interesting guy.
We don’t do impeachment here. But the media would love to.
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