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Joe Hildebrand is a columnist for news.com.au and The Daily Telegraph and the host of Summer Afternoons on Radio 2GB. He is also a commentator on the Seven Network, Sky News, 2GB, 3AW and 2CC Canberra.Prior to this, he was co-host of the Channel Ten morning show Studio 10, co-host of the Triple M drive show The One Percenters, and the presenter of two ABC documentary series: Dumb, Drunk & Racist and Sh*tsville Express.He is also the author of the memoir An Average Joe: My Horribly Abnormal Life.

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Supporters of the Palestine Coalition attend an emergency demonstration in Parliament Square called in response to Israel's attacks on Iran and continuing attacks on Gaza on 14th June 2025 in London, United Kingdom. The Palestine Coalition, which comprises Palestine Solidarity Campaign, Palestinian Forum in Britain, Friends of Al-Aqsa, Stop the War Coalition, Muslim Association of Britain and Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament, called for an end to UK arms sales to Israel. (photo by Mark Kerrison/In Pictures via Getty Images)

Rage trap: How outraged left ended up backing Iran

A “Bandwagon Bauble” of online activists and hashtag riders are lured by anything that lets them unleash their hatred for Israel and Donald Trump – even if it means backing one of the world’s most brutal regimes, writes Joe Hildebrand.

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(FILES) Tesla and SPaceX CEO Elon Musk and US President Donald Trump shake hands as they attend the men's NCAA wrestling competition at the Wells Fargo Center in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, on March 22, 2025. Elon Musk confirmed that he is leaving his US government role in a post on X (formerly Twitter) on May 28, 2025. (Photo by Brendan SMIALOWSKI / AFP) / ALTERNATE CROP

Hildebrand: Why the Trump-Musk bromance had to end

Trump and Musk are both disruptors, perhaps the biggest disruptors of this century, so the most remarkable thing about their break up isn’t that it happened, it’s that it didn’t happen sooner, writes Joe Hildebrand

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