Learning from Mar-a-Lago: Scott Morrison’s Trump playbook for NZ

Learning from Mar-a-Lago: Scott Morrison’s Trump playbook for NZ
Scott Morrison says as PM he was Trump's friend when other leaders were attacking him. (Image: Dileepa Fonseka/BusinessDesk)
Dileepa Fonseka
In a sea of pessimism about Donald Trump at the University of Waikato Economics forum this year, former Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison strikes an upbeat note. And why wouldn’t he? Unlike everybody else at the forum, he was invited to spend time with Trump at Mar-a-Lago on New Year’s Eve. “The thing to understand about the Trump administration – well, this isn’t a phrase that I’ve used – ‘take them seriously but not literally’,” Morrison told BusinessDesk. &ldqu...

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