{"id":2501083,"date":"2025-10-20T13:49:02","date_gmt":"2025-10-20T17:49:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-says-he-doesnt-like-australian-ambassador-over-past-comments\/"},"modified":"2025-10-20T13:50:01","modified_gmt":"2025-10-20T17:50:01","slug":"trump-says-he-doesnt-like-australian-ambassador-over-past-comments","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-says-he-doesnt-like-australian-ambassador-over-past-comments\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump says he doesn&#8217;t like Australian ambassador over past comments"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">20<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Ftrump-says-he-doesnt-like-australian-ambassador-over-past-comments%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2501083&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>During a monday meeting at teh White House with australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese, former President Donald Trump humorously criticized kevin Rudd, Australia&#8217;s ambassador to the U.S. and former <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/u-s-and-european-government-leaders-slam-icc-investigation-into-israel\/\" title=\"U.S. and European Government Leaders Slam ICC Investigation into Israel\">australian prime minister<\/a>, over negative remarks Rudd had made about Trump in the past. Initially, Trump feigned not knowing Rudd or recalling his comments but then told him, &#8220;I don&#8217;t like you either,&#8221; prompting laughter in the room. Rudd had previously called Trump &#8220;the most destructive president in history,&#8221; but later deleted those posts following Trump&#8217;s 2024 election victory to avoid confusion about his official stance as ambassador. Besides the lighthearted exchange, the two leaders signed a meaningful deal on critical minerals and rare earths, aiming to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/china-pushing-guatemalas-incoming-president-bernardo-arevalo-to-cut-taiwan-ties\/\" title=\"China pressuring Guatemala&#039;s new ..., Bernardo Arevalo, to sever ties with Taiwan.\">strengthen trade relations<\/a> and reduce dependence on China&#8217;s dominance in the industry.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">Trump teases Australian ambassador over past comments: &lsquo;I don&rsquo;t like you either&rsquo;<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_2377942\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p>President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/donald-trump\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Donald Trump<\/a> jokingly disparaged Kevin Rudd, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/australia\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Australia<\/a>&lsquo;s ambassador to the United States, over negative comments Rudd made about the president in the past during a Monday morning bilateral with Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese.<\/p>\n<p>The president at first claimed that he did not recall Rudd&rsquo;s comments about him in the past, or even knowing Rudd, when questioned by a reporter in the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/cabinet\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Cabinet<\/a> Room before he eventually told the ambassador that he did not &ldquo;like him either.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<div class=\"recommended-stories\">\n<h2>Recommended Stories<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/3857105\/karoline-leavitt-stands-firm-exchange-left-wing-hack-reporter\/\">Leavitt stands firm on exchange with &#8216;left-wing hack&#8217; reporter<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/3856773\/watch-live-trump-meets-australian-prime-minister-white-house\/\">WATCH LIVE: Trump meets with Australian PM at White House<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/3856554\/trump-teases-new-colombia-tariff-drug-trafficking\/\">Trump teases new Colombia tariff over drug trafficking<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>&ldquo;I don&rsquo;t know anything about him. If he said bad, then maybe he&rsquo;ll like to apologize,&rdquo; Trump said despite Rudd, himself a former Australian prime minister, sitting opposite him.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Did an ambassador say something bad?&rdquo; Trump asked Albanese, who sat next to him.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Don&rsquo;t tell me,&rdquo; Trump said as the two leaders laughed. &ldquo;Where is he? Is he still working for you?&rdquo; <\/p>\n<p>Albanese then pointed to Rudd as the entire room laughed again. Several members of the Trump administration also attended the Monday meeting, including Vice President JD Vance, War Secretary Pete Hegseth, and Secretary of State Marco Rubio.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;You said bad?&rdquo; Trump asked Rudd directly. <\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Before I took this position, Mr. President,&rdquo; Rudd responded. <\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;I don&rsquo;t like you either,&rdquo; Trump quipped back, eliciting more laughter. &ldquo;I don&rsquo;t. And I probably never will.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Rudd <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2024\/11\/07\/world\/australia\/australia-ambassador-trump-tweets-kevin-rudd.html?\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">wrote on social media<\/a> in 2020 that Trump was &ldquo;the most destructive president in history,&rdquo;&nbsp;and that he &ldquo;drags America and democracy through the mud.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>But as Trump easily secured a second victory in the White House in 2024, Rudd deleted those posts &ldquo;out of respect for the office of president of the United States&rdquo; <a href=\"https:\/\/kevinrudd.com\/media\/statement-1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">according to a statement<\/a> he posted online.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;This has been done to eliminate the possibility of such comments being misconstrued as reflecting his positions as Ambassador and, by extension, the views of the Australian Government,&rdquo; the statement continues.<\/p>\n<p>Albanese and Trump also signed a critical minerals deal involving the mining, processing, and exporting of rare earths from Australia to the U.S. The deal could give Trump a way to get around China&rsquo;s stronghold on the <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >rare earth mineral industry amid<\/a> a trade war. He and Chinese President Xi Jinping are set to meet later this month at the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation summit in South Korea.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/policy\/energy-and-environment\/3852284\/australia-position-mineral-partner-us-ahead-trump-meeting\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">AUSTRALIA SEEKS TO POSITION ITSELF AS MINERAL PARTNER TO US AHEAD OF TRUMP MEETING<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;In about a year from now, we&rsquo;ll have so much <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-admin-under-fire-for-energy-policies\/\" title=\"Biden admin. under fire for energy policies\">critical mineral<\/a> and rare earths, and you won&rsquo;t know what to do with them,&rdquo; Trump bragged before the two leaders signed the deal. &ldquo;They&rsquo;ll be worth about $2.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;The U.S. has a trade surplus with Australia, as you know, and we can continue to take what is every opportunity to improve the relationship even further and make it even stronger,&rdquo; Albanese added. &ldquo;And today&rsquo;s agreement on critical minerals and rare earths is just taking it to the next level, seizing those opportunities which are before us.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Trump jokes with Australian ambassador: &#8216;I don&#8217;t like you either<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2658,"featured_media":2501085,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/AP25240726513869.jpg?w=696","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[33651],"tags":[65569,50410,3817,5894,3634],"class_list":["post-2501083","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-western-journal","tag-australian-ambassador","tag-controversy-2","tag-diplomacy","tag-politics","tag-trump"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/AP25240726513869.jpg?w=696","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2501083","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2658"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2501083"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2501083\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2501088,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2501083\/revisions\/2501088"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2501085"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2501083"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2501083"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2501083"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}