Donald Trump‘s daughter-in-law has questioned if Australia’s ambassador to the United States Kevin Rudd will be the best fit in Washington.
Lara Trump, Eric Trump‘s wife and chair of the Republican National Committee, blasted Kevin Rudd after he described her father-in-law as a ‘traitor to the West’ during a conversation with Sky News host Erin Molan.
Ms Trump said it would be ‘kind of hard’ for the government to keep Kevin Rudd in Washington if he hadn’t shown signs of a ‘change of heart’ towards Trump.
‘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 moment, this this really critical moment in the history of America,’ she said.
‘Obviously, that is a little bit tough to take, and maybe we would want to choose someone else (for the US embassy top job).’
Ms Trump also addressed Mr Rudd’s comments directly.
‘Donald Trump is of course the opposite of a traitor to the West, he is literally saving the free world,’ she said.
‘We had no new wars for the first time in 82 years under his leadership and that is a place the world agrees we want to get back to right now.’
Lara Trump, Eric Trump’s wife and chair of the Republican National Committee, blasted Kevin Rudd after he described her father-in-law as a ‘traitor to the West’ (Ms Trump is pictured)
Donald Trump has said Mr Rudd ‘won’t be there long’ if he were to make a return to the White House (Mr Rudd is pictured with former presidential candidate Joe Biden)
When Trump learned of Mr Rudd’s comments in an interview with Nigel Farage in March he described the Australian diplomat as ‘not the brightest bulb’ and ‘nasty’.
‘Donald Trump is a traitor to the West,’ Mr Rudd posted to X at the time.
‘Murdoch was Trump’s biggest backer. And Murdoch’s Fox Television backs Putin too. What rancid treachery.’
In 2020, Mr Rudd called Trump ‘the most destructive president in history’.
‘He drags America and democracy through the mud. He thrives on fomenting, not healing, division,’ he wrote.
‘He abuses Christianity, church and bible to justify violence. All aided and abetted by Murdoch’s FoxNews network in America which feeds this.’
