This week Donald Trump surged ahead in the race to be the Republican candidate in the US presidential election following Super Tuesday. Since then, there has been a lot of negative press surrounding Trump — with naysayers worrying about his plans to build a wall between America and Mexico, and ban Muslims from entering the country.
While Piers Morgan attempted to defend Trump’s honour on Wednesday, the American businessman now has a new champion in the shape of a former staffer at No.10. David Cameron’s good friend — and former director of strategy — Steve Hilton appeared on Newsnight last night to discuss the rise of Trump in America:
‘It’s precisely his character that people are responding to. The idea that he is not some smooth talking politician. he is actually a strong guy who is going to get in there and shake things up — that is exactly what people want.’
He then appeared to suggest that he himself could see Trump’s appeal:
‘I think the truth about Donald Trump is that he is a pretty non-ideological, pragmatic, problem-solving businessman.
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