Sky News Australia’s Joe Hockey predicts Trump will run again in four years
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SKY News Australia’s Joe Hockey said Donald Trump would almost certainly run for election again in four years if he loses the Presidential race today.
The former treasurer and ambassador to the US offered the shock prediction as Americans went to the polls for the most consequential election in the country’s history.
Hockey echoed Trump’s 2016 campaign mastermind Steve Bannon who first flagged Trump would run for re-election in 2024 if he loses Biden, asserting: “you’re not going to see the end of Donald Trump.
Bannon, who was recently arrested for federal money-laundering and fraud, added that he believed the November 3 election was ‘closer than is being reported’, and said ‘Trump will win on election day’.
But overnight, a ‘flat’ Trump – hoarse from last-minute campaigning – told Fox News his rival Biden would not be “prime time” entertainment like he had been in the White House.
Sky’s Keiren Gilbert, who is anchoring the network’s coverage, called the poll frenzy was “like Christmas Day” for political nerds – with wall-to-wall coverage across all Australian TV networks and platforms.
Foxtel’s suite of news channels, including Sky News Australia, CNN and Fox News in America, will look to deliver the last-minute twists and turns.
Peter Stefanovic is Stateside for Sky, while his brother Karl kickstarted Nine’s coverage from 5.30am on Today.
Sunrise newsreader Natalie Barr crossed to Seven’s breakfast show from Washington; joining Seven’s US bureau chief Ash Mullany, Tim Lester and Paul Kadac.
Barr said the divided States of America have been reflected in the diversity of the Biden and Trump campaigns.
“Talk about a tale of two campaigns. Watching Trump sweep across America, literally dancing on stages every day saying, ‘I’m going to win and the other guy’s an idiot. He’s a criminal, he’s lazy and he’s stupid.’ And then watching Biden run almost the non-campaign, trying to be the responsible guy, saying ‘I’m not getting out there because we’re in the middle of a pandemic and he’s caused it.’ It’s just so fascinating, but if Biden doesn’t win this, there’s be serious questions asked about how he campaigned because he didn’t get out and go to the public. If Trump loses, I guess you could say he gave it his all.”
Mullany was herself caught up in the violence of the Black Lives Matter protests, but has not been deterred from being “the eyes and ears on America that Australians need.”
“To be here and to be able to bear witness to these historic moments, it’s never lost on me that I have a ring side seat to history. It’s been a wild four years in the White House and I could have never imagined a finale quite like this.”
Foxtel’s suite of news channels, including Sky News Australia, CNN and Fox News in America, will look to deliver the last-minute twists and turns.
Peter Stefanovic will lead Sky’s live coverage Stateside, while his brother Karl will anchor Nine’s coverage starting from 5.30am on Today.
His breakfast rival, Michael Rowland and Four Corners anchor, Sarah Ferguson will spearhead Aunty’s coverage of the decider from the US; while SBS will broadcast a news special between 11am and 4pm.
Using its sister network connections, 10 will draw on the programming and punditry of CBS for its coverage of the election – with its national affairs editor, Hugh Riminton on the ground with the channel’s US news team.
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