Rudd first, Australia second

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While it is America and Kevin07 first, it is Australia second:

Foreign Minister Penny Wong and Defence Minister Richard Marles have met…Mike Pompeo, a conservative who is touted as a senior figure in another Trump administration…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.

…At the weekend, Republic National Committee chairwoman Lara Trump, who is married to Trump’s son Eric, told Sky News that it would be “kind of hard” for Dr Rudd to remain if her father-in-law won.

“It’s not my decision, but I do think it would be nice to have a person who appreciates all Donald Trump has gone through, to want to serve our country, at this really critical moment in the history of America,” she said.

To his credit, Kevin07 was honest about Trump and democracy at various times, and if Trump is reelected, he should fall on his sword in the nation’s interest.

The world is not big enough for those two such fragile egos.

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About the author
David Llewellyn-Smith is Chief Strategist at the MB Fund and MB Super. David is the founding publisher and editor of MacroBusiness and was the founding publisher and global economy editor of The Diplomat, the Asia Pacific’s leading geo-politics and economics portal. He is also a former gold trader and economic commentator at The Sydney Morning Herald, The Age, the ABC and Business Spectator. He is the co-author of The Great Crash of 2008 with Ross Garnaut and was the editor of the second Garnaut Climate Change Review.