How it works
Each policy or bill is tagged against the topics below. On each relevant topic it gets a signal from −2 (he'd hate it) to +2 (he'd love it), based on Donald Trump's publicly stated positions. The signals are weighted, summed and squashed onto a 0–100 Trump-o-Meter where 50 means total indifference.
The same lens is applied to every party. A high score is not a compliment and a low score is not an insult — it's a measurement of one man's tastes, and you can decide for yourself what that's worth.
Policy summaries are written to be neutral and each one links to its source. If something's out of date or wrong, the data lives in plain JSON files in the research/ folder.
The rubric
| Topic | He likes | He dislikes | Weight |
|---|---|---|---|
| Taxes | Tax cuts | New taxes | ×1.2 |
| Energy | Drill, baby, drill | Exploration bans | ×1.2 |
| Climate | Scrapping targets | Net-zero, carbon pricing | ×1 |
| Immigration | Tighter borders | Looser borders | ×1.1 |
| Law & order | Tough on crime | Softer sentencing | ×1 |
| Red tape | Deregulation | New regulation | ×1 |
| Big government | DOGE-style cuts | Bigger bureaucracy | ×0.9 |
| Identity politics | Anti-DEI | DEI, co-governance | ×1.2 |
| Trade | Buying American | Barriers on US goods | ×1 |
| China | China hawkishness | Cosying up to Beijing | ×1 |
| Defence | More spending, US alliance | Cuts, going it alone | ×1 |
| US Big Tech | Leaving US tech alone | Digital taxes, platform rules | ×0.9 |
| Drug prices | Paying more for US drugs | Pharmac-style "freeloading" | ×0.9 |
| Deals & property | Big builds, landlords, deals | Rent controls, nationalising | ×1 |
| Welfare | Work requirements | Bigger handouts | ×0.8 |
The verdicts
- 85–100 · Tremendous. The best, maybe ever.
- 65–84 · Very Good. Very strong.
- 45–64 · Low Energy. Not bad. Could be better.
- 25–44 · Sad!
- 0–24 · Disaster. Nobody's ever seen anything like it.
Small print
This is satire. It isn't affiliated with Donald Trump or any NZ political party, and none of the “Trump takes” are real quotes. For actual voting information, see vote.nz.