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| Australia's US ambassador Kevin Rudd faces calls to resign over disparaging anti-Trump comments |
| 2024-11-12 |
| [NY Post] "Oops! Taken out of context!" Australia’s US Ambassador Kevin Rudd is facing calls to resign after his slew of disparaging comments against President-elect Donald Trump resurfaced — causing concerns over whether he’ll be able to work with the incoming president. Rudd called Trump "the most destructive president in history" and "a traitor to the West" in past tweets, as well as "a village idiot" and "incompetent" in a 2021 video interview uncovered by Sky News. "The most destructive president in history. He drags America and democracy through the mud. He thrives on fomenting, not healing, division," Rudd wrote on X in June 2020. "He abuses Christianity, church and the Bible to justify violence." Rudd hastily deleted his past tweets insulting Trump soon after it appeared likely that the Republican would cinch the election against Vice President Kamala Harris last week. But Australian officials, who are particularly concerned over Trump’s 10% tariff proposal, worry that the damage is already done — Rudd’s insults could hurt Australia’s relationship with the US under a Trump presidency. "Loose-lipped Rudd is so arrogant he actually thinks he can walk back every insult ever delivered about Trump and get away with it," The Nightly editor-in-chief Christopher Dore wrote in a Sunday opinion piece. "It is ludicrous to even contemplate keeping Kevin Rudd in Washington as our ambassador to the US," Dore argued. Michael Kroger, the former president of Australia’s Victorian Liberal Party and a frequent conservative commentator, said Rudd should do what’s best for the country and step down. "Kevin Rudd knows Australia’s best interests are not served by a ferocious critic of Donald Trump as our Ambassador in Washington," he told the Herald Sun. "For Australia’s national interests, Mr Rudd needs to hand in his commission to the Prime Minister who should then appoint a more diplomatic ambassador." Former Foreign Minister Alexander Downer told the publication that Rudd has made his own job incredibly difficult by his criticism of the US president-elect. "Kevin Rudd may find this hard to believe but he might find that Donald Trump has more on his mind than the future of Kevin Rudd," said Downer, who also served as Australia’s ambassador to the UK. Related: Kevin Rudd 11/17/2022 Trump not first politician to be ditched by Rupert Murdoch Kevin Rudd 05/05/2022 A word from the Australian Government Kevin Rudd 09/29/2021 The Collapse of Biden's World |
| Posted by:Frank G |
| #3 Rudd is a low grade intellect with a top shelf ego and an absolutely incendiary temper. Downer, of course, is IC. One is worthless, the other dangerous. IMO. |
| Posted by: Ululating Platypus 2024-11-12 17:37 |
| #2 Not sure why anyone above an intern would take his calls after Crossfire Hurricane. |
| Posted by: Super Hose 2024-11-12 12:21 |
| #1 PNG him |
| Posted by: Mercutio 2024-11-12 09:25 |