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Trump vs Hillary? It’s a really tough choice, says Steve Hilton

With Steve Hilton in town to promote his book More Human, David Cameron’s former director of strategy is proving to be a thorn in the Prime Minister’s side. As well as coming out for Brexit, Hilton has claimed that Cameron is really a Brexiteer in denial.

Now he has moved on to the topic of Donald Trump. While Cameron has described Trump as ‘divisive, stupid and wrong’, Hilton has praised him during a Mumsnet Q&A. When asked who he supports in the US election, Hilton said he would find it difficult to pick between Trump and Hillary Clinton:

‘Now we are left Trump vs Hillary, it’s a really tough choice. I think that Trump is actually doing something incredibly useful and refreshing: shining a spotlight on the failures of the technocratic agenda and corrupt political system that has been built up over the years by both parties in the US.

I like his attitude of shaking things up but I don’t see a set of concrete plans that would give me any confidence that real change along the lines I would want to see, would actually happen.’

As for Clinton, Hilton says that despite her policy prowess, she represents the ‘old establishment’:

‘As for Hillary, there’s no doubt that she’s incredibly knowledgeable and thoughtful about the detail of policy and I particularly appreciate her emphasis on early years support and family policy, but in many ways she represents exactly the old establishment that I think needs challenging.

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