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Andrew Dickens: Why New Zealanders love and loathe Donald Trump

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Andrew Dickens,
Publish Date
Wed, 29 Jan 2025, 5:54am
In this image released in the final report by the US House of Representatives' select committee investigating the January 6 attack on the US Capitol, President Donald Trump talks on the phone to Vice President Mike Pence from the Oval Office of the White House on the morning of January 6. Photo / via AP
In this image released in the final report by the US House of Representatives' select committee investigating the January 6 attack on the US Capitol, President Donald Trump talks on the phone to Vice President Mike Pence from the Oval Office of the White House on the morning of January 6. Photo / via AP

Andrew Dickens: Why New Zealanders love and loathe Donald Trump

Author
Andrew Dickens,
Publish Date
Wed, 29 Jan 2025, 5:54am

I鈥檝e been watching a lot of the late night shows this week from America on YouTube. 

Fallon, Kimmel and Colbert, all of them have used the same joke - 鈥渙h my god... it鈥檚 only been a week鈥 

And then the audience cheers or laughs or boos or cries, or more likely all of that, all at once because what a week it's been.

The second golden era of Trump kicked off and he started doing things, brilliant things.

Colombia won鈥檛 take deportees, so hit them with killer tariffs and economic sanctions that take hold in a week. 

Within 12 hours Colombia folded. Crisis over, back to work, business as usual.

That was just one day.

A short crisis is so much better than a long festering one where nothing happens.

Or take the ceasefire in Gaza. Trump said call a ceasefire, rebuild Gaza.   

Well you know that鈥檚 what everyone wants. Jewish, Arab and American construction tycoons - because there鈥檚 peace and money there. 

Gaza may be rebuilt as Israeli condos or Palestinian homes with or without Arab money. But who cares, there鈥檚 a ceasefire.

Now this may have long term consequences, but again who cares! There鈥檚 a ceasefire. Thank God something finally happened.

It鈥檚 been a week of rapid and effective decisions and that鈥檚 what you can do with executive power and every level of government behind you.

I talked earlier about how MMP causes indecisive leadership in New Zealand. 

Well, Donald Trump is the antithesis of MMP, and that鈥檚 probably why so many Kiwis loathe him while so many New Zealanders love him.

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