US President Joe Biden’s top adviser on Asia has strongly backed Kevin Rudd,after the former PM made his first public comments since Donald Trump’s election victory.
The departing US ambassador said:“I grew up with him,so I’ve known all this for a long time;others are just getting to know him.”
Donald Trump,Your Elective Majesty,you have much in common with our man in Washington. You just need to consider the “detailed programmatic specificity”.
News Corp wants Kevin Rudd removed from his Washington post,but the envoy has already built a network within the Trump 2.0 White House.
Season 2 of Netflix’s The Diplomat stars Keri Russell as the US ambassador to the UK – and Australia as a back-stabbing support act.
Once described as like “the drunk uncle at the wedding”,NZ’s deputy prime minister has proved the wiliest political survivor in the Pacific.
The former prime minister leapt upon poll results showing most Australians want to avoid picking sides in any conflict between the United States and China.
Trump’s motto is America First,which means Australia will be put in its place. Albanese said of Trump in 2017:“He scares the shit out of me.”
The government is insisting Kevin Rudd will stay on as Australia’s ambassador to Washington despite his past criticism of Donald Trump.
Political leaders say they can work with either Donald Trump or Kamala Harris,but experts warn a Trump White House could impose costly tariffs on major imports.
As video emerged of Anthony Albanese in 2017 saying Donald Trump “scares the s--t out of me”,deputy Liberal leader Sussan Ley accused Labor of rooting for a Kamala Harris victory.