‘I don’t like you either’: diplomats hold their breath as Trump chides Rudd over previous comments

President's comments were greeted with laughter as diplomatic pressure valve finally released

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I don't like you either. And I probably never will," US President Donald Trump told Australian ambassador Kevin Rudd at the White House cabinet room table.

It was the testiest and most uncomfortable remark at a typically freewheeling and chaotic presidential press conference.