Federal election campaign headlines trumped by tariff talk

The main aim in any election campaign is to get your message across to voters clearly and convincingly.

For two weeks now, Anthony Albanese and Peter Dutton have been trying to do just that, as the count down to the May 3 federal election inches closer.

The only problem is, a president across the Pacific is drowning them out.

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