US President Trump has told Kevin Rudd that “all is forgiven” after a tense moment at the White House when he was reminded of his previous attacks before he was appointed as Australia’s ambassador.

A rift has emerged within the Liberal Party over calls for Australia’s Ambassador to the United States Kevin Rudd to be sacked.

US President Donald Trump on Monday expressed disdain towards Australia’s ambassador, former prime minister Kevin Rudd, as the two sat face-to-face

There are calls for former PM Kevin Rudd to be stripped of his role as US ambassador after he was embarrassingly roasted by US president Donald Trump.

It wouldn’t be a Donald Trump press event without at least one wild moment, and this time it was Kevin Rudd who was the target.

While the US president showered the PM with praise at the White House, his feelings for Australia’s man in Washington were very different.

Former prime minister Malcoim Turnbull says any talk of removing Kevin Rudd as ambassador to the United States should be ignored.

Sky News host Rita Panahi says the world was “laughing” at US Ambassador Kevin Rudd, and claims “they weren’t laughing with him”.

Australian Ambassador Kevin Rudd copped a spray from US President Donald Trump at the White House. A prominent homelessness support organisation in Adelaide fears it may need to start turning people away due to rising costs and an inundation of people in need of help.