Kevin Rudd will remain as Australia’s ambassador to US, Anthony Albanese says

PM silent on demands for envoy's apology over past remarks calling Donald Trump the most destructive president in history' and the village idiot'

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Anthony Albanese says Kevin Rudd will remain as Australia's ambassador to Washington despite the apparent disquiet about Rudd's past commentary on president-elect Donald Trump among some in Trump's inner circle.

Albanese is digging in against media speculation that Trump could demand Rudd's withdrawal or that others in his administration could make the ambassador's position untenable, insisting he will stay in the job no matter what.

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