Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has again backed Kevin Rudd remaining as Australia’s top representative in the United States after Donald Trump suggested he would not forget the negative comments the ambassador had made about him.

Albanese hit out at journalists for continuing to ask questions about Trump and Rudd, saying it was a distraction from the substance of the issues he and the president discussed during their friendly meeting at the White House last week.

Trump reportedly told Rudd that “all is forgiven” after earlier saying he did not like him and probably never will, when asked about Rudd’s criticisms of the President before he was appointed to his ambassadorial post.

But when Trump was leaving the White House for Asia late on Friday night (Saturday afternoon AEDT), he indica

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