Labor MPs ‘falling over themselves’ to defend Kevin Rudd's ‘attention seeking tomfoolery’

Sky News host Rita Panahi says members of the Albanese government were “falling over themselves” this week to defend Australia’s ambassador to the United States Kevin Rudd from former US President Donald Trump. Ms Panahi’s comments come after Donald Trump labelled Mr Rudd “a little bit nasty and “not the brightest bulb”. The former US President also warned that if Mr Rudd was “at all hostile, he will not be there long,” Ms Panahi said. “These comments were fairly mild compared to what many of Kevin’s own colleagues have said about him over the year publicly and privately,” she said. The Sky News host said Mr Rudd had spent years “embarrassing himself” on Twitter/X with the “sort of attention-seeking tomfoolery that one would expect from a dysfunctional, angst-ridden teenager.” “That behaviour showed Rudd was not fit for a diplomatic role,” she said.