‘If he's at all hostile, he will not be there long': Trump on Kevin Rudd’s Australian Ambassador to US appointment

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Donald Trump has criticised Kevin Rudd’s Australian Ambassador to the US appointment including comments calling him ‘nasty’ and ‘not the brightest bulb’ in an interview with Nigel Farage.

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00:00 The AUKUS deal that's in place on nuclear submarines, America, the UK, Australia, very, very important deal.

00:07 It's there to try and combat that huge growth, naval growth in China.

00:13 But now of course things have changed in Australia.

00:15 We've got a Labour government in Australia.

00:17 The previous ambassador, Joe Hockey, I think was quite a good friend of yours.

00:20 You got on pretty well with him.

00:22 Now they've appointed Kevin Rudd, former Labour MP.

00:26 I mean, he has said the most horrible things.

00:30 You were a destructive president, a traitor to the West.

00:33 And he's now Australia's ambassador in Washington.

00:37 Yeah, well, I don't know.

00:38 Would you take a phone call from him?

00:40 He won't be there long if that's the case.

00:41 I don't know much about him.

00:43 I heard he was a little bit nasty.

00:45 I hear he's not the brightest bulb.

00:48 But I don't know much about him.

00:50 But if he's at all hostile, he will not be there long.

00:53 Fair enough.

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