Joe Hockey says Donald Trump will be most influential American political leader in 100 years

Former treasurer and ambassador to the US Joe Hockey is likely to be among a dozen Australians close to Donald Trump. Mr Hockey struck up a professional friendship with the President when he served Australia in Washington from 2016 to 2020, a relationship that persists today.

As an Australian circulating in the Trumpland orbit, his views on the unpredictable president are worth considering. While many in people in Western democracies regard the President as a kind of crazy would-be dictator, Mr Hockey sees a phenomenon of his era — a leader whose unpredictable style reflects a world where the regular conventions are being abandoned.

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