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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Interesting that since Trumps surprise win that so many polls showing the surging left has, after election shown to be so wrong....seems to be an AGENDA there not to predict a winner but to try to manipulate the public into believing that the left has
The backing of the electorate. FAKE NEWS at its finest attempt to influence!