Albert defended Trump and attacked Hillary Clinton. Clinton. He said the Republican presidential candidate`s position was "reasonable enough," and that his supporters were "not pathetic", but only voters who wanted to change the United States.
Clinton`s lead over Trump has expanded to double digits after the release of Trump`s video of female obscenity.
Albert called the video "absolutely disgusting," but condemned new state lawmakers for passing a motion calling Trump "a disgusting snot." The former prime minister said the motion passed by the new state upper house was "a practice of moral vanity."
Democratic candidates were forced to apologise for calling half of Trump`s supporters "pathetic", "racists, sexists, homophobic, xenophobic, Islamophobic".
Labour leader Shawton Shorton has launched an unprecedented attack on Trump in recent months, saying he was "totally unfit" to lead the United States, and called his views-including a ban on Muslim immigration-as "mad dogs."
But Albert defended Trump`s policies, saying his policies, including building walls between Mexico and the United States, were justified.
He warned that even if Trump lost the November election, hundreds of millions of Americans would back his point.
Albert, who describes himself as an American admirer, says it is in the international community`s interest to have a "great and strong" America. Without Washington`s leadership, the world would be worse.
Albert`s defence of Trump will be seen by his colleagues as yet another olive branch to the far-right voters of the Liberal Party. This group of voters abandoned the Liberal Party in the last general election after a more moderate and neutral Mr Turnbull became prime minister. The move will also be seen as another sign that Albert wants to return to leadership.
