Clive Palmer, the billionaire famous for plans to rebuild the original Titanic ship to scale, is trying to bring Donald Trump’s politics to Australia.

As the 2025 election fever kicks up, billionaire Clive Palmer has re-entered the political race with a new party that is aiming to “drain the swamp” in Canberra and “Make Australia Great Again”. Trumpets of Patriots (yes, that’s the name) was unveiled to a room packed with journalists at Parliament House on Wednesday and will be chaired by Palmer.

Former Howard Government Minister Peter McGauran has weighed in on what Clive Palmer and his new party ‘Trumpet of Patriots’ means for Labor and the Liberal Party ahead of the 2025 federal election.

Australian billionaire Clive Palmer launched on Wednesday a political party he said was directly inspired by U.S. President Donald Trump, months out from a nationwide federal election.

Billionaire Clive Palmer has launched a new political party inspired by the politics of US President Donald Trump, vowing to “Make Australia Great Again”.

In an extract from The Conversation’s new book on democracy, we chart the origins of the parties that dominate politics today, and the ones that fell by the wayside.

Australian billionaire Clive Palmer Palmer's Trumpet of Patriots party will contest all seats, claims “Trumpet of Patriots will make Australia great again.”

Sky News host Rita Panahi has mocked the name of the party Clive Palmer is bankrolling, the Trumpet of Patriots.