In a 2020 post, Rudd called Trump the "most destructive president in history" and a "traitor to the West". (Photo: Reuters)

Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has backed Kevin Rudd, the country’s ambassador to the US , after he was involved in a verbal showdown with Donald Trump in the White House.

On Monday, Trump told Rudd, who is also a former Australian Prime Minister, “I don’t like you” after the US President was told about the latter’s past comments about him.

Rudd, who was the PM of Australia between 2007 and 2010, and briefly again in 2013, was appointed as ambassador in 2023 for a four-year posting.

Trump vs Rudd

In the past, Rudd made several not-so-flattering comments about Trump on social media, most of which have since been deleted.

In a 2020 post, Rudd called

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