Opposition Leader Peter Dutton has warned of a domino effect in the Albanese government if it were to dismiss Australian Ambassador to the US Kevin Rudd.
Opposition Leader Peter Dutton warns of Albanese government domino effect over Kevin Rudd 's derogatory comments about US President-elect Donald Trump
Mr Albanese was filmed saying, “ scares the shit out of me” and “we’ve got to deal with him” during a Q&A in 2017. “If he sacks Kevin Rudd, then what does he do with Penny Wong? And if he sacks Penny Wong, what does he do given he's made his own disparaging remarks about President-elect Trump as well?” he asked.
“I know that there are many people in the caucus in the Labor Cabinet at the moment, who are backgrounding and briefing against Kevin Rudd,” Mr Dutton said.The former Labor Prime Minister’s career in government was fraught with tension, internal leaks and fractures within his government. “I don’t know much about him. If he’s at all hostile, he will not be there long,” Trump told UK politician Nigel Farage.The President-elect’s daughter-in-law Lara Trump also warned in November it would be “hard” for a person who criticised her father to hold the ambassador position.
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