Donald Trump, 'worst politician ever', on path to re-election, Thomas Frank says

Political analyst says Trump could ‘blunder into re-election’ unless Democrats target working class disaffection

Donald Trump is “the worst politician ever” but he’s on a path to re-election because the Democratic party refuses to counter his courtship of working class disaffection, says the American political analyst and historian Thomas Frank.

Frank, who is in Australia for events organised by the Chifley Research Centre, told the Guardian: “Trump is his own worst enemy of course – that news conference with Vladimir Putin – it’s just insane what this guy does ... but he could blunder into re-election, hell yeah.”

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