Trump Factor? Australia follows Canada by re-electing ‘left’ leader
Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has been urged to call an “emergency meeting” after the Trump administration cut grants to seven Australian universities.https://t.co/07ETiIE3jy
— Sky News Australia (@SkyNewsAust) March 22, 2025
The voters of Australia, like those in Canada, rejected a candidate who held positions closer to Donald Trump:
First Canada, Now Australia: The Trump Factor Boosts Another World Leader in an Election
May 3, 2025
Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese was returned to power in an election Saturday, the latest left-leaning leader to achieve a comeback victory as President Trump roils global markets and upends international affairs. https://www.wsj.com/world/first-canada-now-australia-the-trump-factor-boosts-another-world-leader-in-a-close-election-bef1c5a1
May 3, 2025
The Australian Electoral Commission’s projections gave Albanese’s ruling center-left Labor Party 70 seats and the conservative opposition coalition 24 seats in the 150-seat House of Representatives, the lower chamber where parties need a majority to form governments. Unaligned minor parties and independent candidates appeared likely to win 13 seats.
Meanwhile, Liberal-National Coalition leader Peter Dutton has lost his seat of Dickson, in Brisbane, to Labor’s Ali France. …
Opposition Liberal Party spokesman, Senator James Paterson, defended the conservative campaign, which he also said was negatively affected by “the Trump factor”. “It was devastating in Canada for the conservatives … I think it has been a factor here, just how big a factor will be determined in a few hours’ time,” he told the Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC).
“Trump had a massive effect in changing people’s perception of risk,” election analyst Tony Barry told the ABC. …
Dutton had proposed slashing the federal education department as part of his pledge to sack 41,000 public servants, a move Labor has described as being pulled “from the DOGE playbook”. https://www.newsweek.com/australian-election-results-doge-donald-trump-factor-anthony-albanese-2067638
May 3, 2025
Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has become the first Australian prime minister to win a second consecutive three-year term in 21 years. …
The Australian Electoral Commission’s projections gave Albanese’s ruling center-left Labor Party 70 seats and the conservative opposition coalition 24 seats in the 150-seat House of Representatives, the lower chamber where parties need a majority to form governments. Unaligned minor parties and independent candidates appeared likely to win 13 seats. …
Labor argues Dutton’s administration would slash services to pay for its nuclear ambitions.
“We’ve seen the attempt to run American-style politics here of division and pitting Australians against each other and I think that’s not the Australian way,” Albanese said.
Albanese also noted that his government had improved relations with China, which removed a series of official and unofficial trade barriers that had cost Australian exporters 20 billion Australian dollars ($13 billion) a year since Labor came to power in 2022. https://www.cbsnews.com/news/australia-labor-party-anthony-albanese-peter-dutton-trump-election-results/
If you look at the tweet at the beginning of this post, you can see that there have been issues other than just trade that has caused Australians to not like those they associated with policies of Donald Trump.
Yet, irrespective of the vote and views of Donald Trump, Australia still considers itself highly dependent on the United States as its key military ally.
Australia, like Canada, the UK, New Zealand, and the USA are all part of the “Five Eyes” alliance and this election (nor the one recently in Canada) is expected to change that, for now at least.
Interestingly, if it were not for Donald Trump’s tariffs and other threats, according to earlier polls, the elections in both Canada (who just re-elected Mark Carney) and Australia would have put in leaders who were less left-leaning.
It is also interesting to note, like Australia’s Peter Dutton, Canada’s main opposition leader Pierre Poilievre lost his seat in Monday’s general election. Both look to have been impacted by what has been called the “Trump Effect.”
Some items of possibly related interest may include:
Australia and New Zealand in Prophecy Do biblical prophecies help explain the wealth blessings for Australia and New Zealand? Might cursings from disobedience come in the 21st century? Here is a link to a related sermon: Australia and New Zealand: Origins and Prophecy.
Lost Tribes and Prophecies: What will happen to Australia, the British Isles, Canada, Europe, New Zealand and the United States of America? Where did those people come from? Can you totally rely on DNA? What about other peoples? Do you really know what will happen to Europe and the English-speaking peoples? What about Africa, Asia, South America, and the Islands? This free online book provides scriptural, scientific, historical references, and commentary to address those matters. Here are links to related sermons: Lost tribes, the Bible, and DNA; Lost tribes, prophecies, and identifications; 11 Tribes, 144,000, and Multitudes; Israel, Jeremiah, Tea Tephi, and British Royalty; Gentile European Beast; Royal Succession, Samaria, and Prophecies; Asia, Islands, Latin America, Africa, and Armageddon; When Will the End of the Age Come?; Rise of the Prophesied King of the North, and Christian Persecution from the Beast; and WWIII and the Coming New World Order; and Woes, WWIV, and the Good News of the Kingdom of God.
Donald Trump in Prophecy Prophecy, Donald Trump? Are there prophecies that Donald Trump may fulfill? Are there any prophecies that he has already helped fulfill? Is a Donald Trump presidency proving to be apocalyptic? Three related videos are available: Donald: ‘Trump of God’ or Apocalyptic? and Donald Trump’s Prophetic Presidency and Donald Trump and Unintended Consequences.
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