Australia’s troubled Ambassador to Washington, Kevin Rudd, has made an inauspicious start to his “charm offensive”:
Foreign Minister Penny Wong and Defence Minister Richard Marles have met Donald Trump’s former top diplomat to shore up ties with the former president ahead of a close and bitterly contested US election.
The previously undisclosed meeting with Mike Pompeo, a conservative who is touted as a senior figure in another Trump administration, is part of an effort spearheaded by US ambassador Kevin Rudd to cultivate relationships with Trump’s allies, and those of his Democratic rival Kamala Harris.
US President-elect Donald Trump has ruled out re-appointing two senior figures from his first administration, ex-secretary of state Mike Pompeo and former UN ambassador Nikki Haley.
Writing on his Truth Social social network, Trump said he “will not be inviting” either figure to join his administration as speculation swirls about the identity of his new team.
Was this predictable? Sure, so long as you’re not a “Deep State” buffoon:
Remember what Tucker Carlson told Joe Rogan about Mike Pompeo? pic.twitter.com/oQD0zbO32t
— An0maly (@LegendaryEnergy) November 7, 2024
Were he American, Rudd would be at the top of the Trump pogrom list:
Trump is about to stack the bureaucracy so career Deep Staters like Rudd will be automatically and systemically downgraded from all levels of government.
Whoever is coming to the new Trump administration, Australia will be the last to know:
Mr Trump’s daughter-in-law, Lara Trump, said last week that Dr Rudd’s past comments about the former president were “nasty” and “maybe we want to choose somebody else”.
Pull Rudd now. Give him Ambassador to the Holy See.
