What Australians should understand about Donald J Trump

What about the outrageousness?

One charge I think President Trump is guilty of is being outrageous.

In his book The Art of the Deal President Trump boasts about his "Truthful Hyperbole." In Australia, we would call it "harmless BS."

He asks rhetorically why he would pay for an ad in The New York Times when he can say something outrageous and get there for free.

He's still doing it, and it works a treat.

He beat Ms. Clinton, spending a fraction of her campaign spend, and he demonstrated the same pecuniary prowess in the Iowa primary, spending about a 10th per vote what his two major opponents did.

People who aren't narky about President Trump know what he's about, so don't hunt down every word for infidelity.

He actually comes through on the big things, so should we worry about the small ones?

As Salena Zito said in the Atlantic, "The press treats him literally, but not seriously, his supporters take him seriously, but not literally."

After his election, President Trump had a list of promises that he did his best to tick off-closed borders; lower taxes; less regulation; withdrawing from the Paris Agreement; redoing trade deals and returning business to America; boosting gas and oil production; making NATO stand on its own feet; ensuring lawyers who supported the constitution were appointed to courts, including the Supreme Court; and pulling out of the Iran nuclear deal.

Australian politicians take note

Unfortunately, most of our Australian leaders have either never been as explicit when in opposition, or if they have, have failed to carry through in government.

I'd personally like to see more exaggerators like President Trump with a knack for achieving things, than the exaggerators who put their name to media releases with no chance of their aims being achieved.

"Electricity prices will be $250 cheaper under Labor?" Anyone?