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Anthony Albanese is standing his ambassador Kevin Rudd after Donald Trump said he didn't like him during a meeting at the White House.

The US president was asked about Rudd's since-deleted tweets that were critical of Trump. "I don't like you either. And I probably never will," he told Rudd.

Albanese brushed the moment off as "banter" and accused the opposition, which says Rudd's position is untenable, of "playing politics".

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