SMH · Matthew Knott · Monday 20 April 2026
Polling shows Australians have cooled on Trump as the Iran conflict grinds on, with respondents split on joining a peacekeeping naval mission.
A poll tells us Australians have soured on Trump halfway through a war he started on a whim. Stop the presses. The same electorate clapped when we signed up to carry his rifle from Baghdad to Kabul and back again, and now they've noticed the bloke holding the leash yanks hard. Menzies had the wit to pick a great and powerful friend who could finish a sentence.