Anthony Albanese has ruled out cutting Kevin Rudd’s tenure as Australian Ambassador to the US short over his past controversial comments about Donald Trump.

The Prime Minister’s unwavering support comes amid fresh doubt the US President had forgiven Mr Rudd for his now-infamous 2020 posts describing him as a “a village idiot” and “the most destructive president in history”.

The past comments had been raised to Mr Trump during a joint press conference with Mr Albanese earlier this week.

It prompted the US president to eye-ball Mr Rudd mid-press conference and deliver a stinging remark: “I don’t like you, and I probably never will”. After media were cleared from the room, Mr Trump reportedly told Mr Rudd “all is forgiven”.

Questioned on his way to Malaysia on Saturday if he had actually

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