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canetoad

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Fri May 22, 2026, 10:50 PM May 22

What really happened after Trump told Rudd 'I don't like you either' [View all]

It was an awkward encounter beamed around the world.

Kevin Rudd, former prime minister turned ambassador to Trump’s America, sat across from the US president as an Australian journalist brought up some choice remarks Rudd had once made about Trump on social media.

“Did an ambassador say something bad about me?” Trump asked, looking to Prime Minister Anthony Albanese. “Where is he? Is he still working for you?”

Yes, Albanese said, gesturing to Rudd across the cabinet table. Trump locked eyes with him. “I don’t like you either,” he said, seemingly half-joking. “And I probably never will.”

The moment dominated headlines in an otherwise highly successful meeting between the two leaders, even though Trump and Rudd later made up.

https://www.theage.com.au/world/north-america/what-really-happened-after-trump-told-rudd-i-don-t-like-you-either-20260522-p5zznf.html

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