As Angus Taylor and Andrew Hastie met for what seemed to be the least clandestine clandestine meeting in recent political history — complete with cameras outside and a detailed report of proceedings sent straight to the intended victim of the group, Sussan Ley — it’s worth reflecting that these two right-wingers arguing with each other was occurring against a broader domestic backdrop of the entire political right fighting each other, and an international backdrop not too different. In the US, where right-wing populism ate the established right-wing party from within, the brutal autocracy of Trump and his casual demolition of the US alliance structure — and the financial implications that arise from that — seem to be finally awakening some Republicans from their collaboration with MAGA.