The issue focused on his tax policy, with Kneebone saying that he has "plans" to close some tax loopholes in an effort to keep government spending under control.

Kneebone said the federal government is going to have to look at where it spends its money.

"It's not so much about tax reform and tax cuts. It's more about government spending," he said.

The official government position is that government spending will go up as a result of Trump's