Politico’s Trumpability Index for Europe: Malta in 9th place

Published: September 10, 2017 at 10:39pm

Politico has examined every country in Europe – not just the European Union, but 47 countries which include Russia, Turkey and Azerbaijan – and has come up with a Trumpability Index.

This index ranks those countries on the basis of where a European Donald Trump would have the best chance of being elected. Malta is in 9th place. The other EU member states in the Trumpability Top Ten are the Czech Republic (1st), Italy (2nd), Hungary (5th), Poland (7th), Bulgaria (8th) and France (10th). So no surprises there.

The non-EU countries in the Trumpability Top Ten are Russia (3rd), Turkey (4th) and Azerbaijan (6th) – so no surprises there, either.

The factors on which the assessment is made include yearning for change, yearning for a strongman, an adversarial approach to free media, and an aggressive approach to slashing regulations.