Article 52V2A Obama White House team watched Julia Gillard's misogyny speech when annoyed at Tony Abbott

Obama White House team watched Julia Gillard's misogyny speech when annoyed at Tony Abbott

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Daniel Hurst
from Environment | The Guardian on (#52V2A)

Former Obama adviser says Australian PM was 'very sure of himself without knowing what he was talking about'

Barack Obama's team watched Julia Gillard's misogyny speech whenever they were "really annoyed" with Tony Abbott, one of the president's senior advisers has revealed.

Ben Rhodes, the former deputy national security adviser, has also described how Obama "went way off the script" to blast the Abbott government for climate inaction during a visit to Brisbane for the G20 summit in 2014.

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