Why Kevin Rudd could lose his job if Trump wins the US election

There are pros and cons of keeping the former PM as Australia’s man in Washington.

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Copy link Copied Copy link Copied Subscribe to gift this article Gift 5 articles to anyone you choose each month when you subscribe. Already a subscriber? Login Anthony Albanese should be prepared to sacrifice Kevin Rudd as Australia’s ambassador to the US in the national interest should Donald Trump win the knife-edge election, the opposition says. Opposition foreign affairs spokesman Simon Birmingham warned of the risks if Dr Rudd found himself on the outer after Trump’s daughter-in-law, Lara Trump, suggested on Friday that the former prime minister may not be a suitable person for the role given his previous comments disparaging the former president.

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