Labor Government Backs Former PM to Remain as Ambassador Despite Trump Criticisms

While senior Labor figures back an appointment many had misgivings over, the Coalition backpedals on its earlier support for the acerbic former PM.

Kevin Rudd, former Australian prime minister at the Jack Morton Auditorium of George Washington University in Washington, D.C., on May 26, 2022. Alex Wong/Getty Images

Senior Australian politicians, including the prime minister, have backed the country’s Ambassador to the United States Kevin Rudd amid criticism from GOP presidential hopeful Donald Trump.

A U.S. president has the power to revoke an ambassador’s credentials with just a signature.