What was supposed to be a moment of diplomacy turned icy when Donald Trump discovered that one of the leaders present had previously called him names.
The uncomfortable exchange unfolded during Trump’s Washington meeting with Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese, immediately after the two leaders signed an agreement on rare earth minerals.
The 79-year-old president claimed to have no idea that Kevin Rudd, Australia’s ambassador to the United States and former prime minister, had criticized him while working with the independent think tank the Asia Society years earlier. Huge lie!
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In 2020, Rudd described Trump as “the most destructive president in