Miranda Devine: Trump electoral ‘kiss of death’ is just more Democrat wishful thinking
By Miranda Devine
Published May 7, 2025, 6:47 p.m. ET
It didn’t take long for a gleeful new anti-Trump narrative to grip the global media after elections in Canada and Australia delivered upset defeats to conservative parties.
“Trump Effect” headlines blared all over the world, blaming the American president for failures far from home.
Donald Trump as the kiss of death for conservative parties was the claim in most election post-mortem analysis.
It is a convenient excuse for the lackluster right of center Liberal-National Coalition in Australia rather than facing the reason for their historic wipeout at the hands of voters last week.
And it’s a comforting theory that gives Democrats hope that Trumpism will collapse in on itself at home, relieving them from any need to reform their policies or find electable leaders who aren’t weird or senile or corrupt.
But there is little about the Toxic Trump narrative that withstands scrutiny — and it overlooks the global strength of similarly populist anti-establishment movements running on issues of national sovereignty, immigration, and cultural identity.
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