Albanese faces scrutiny over past Trump comments after election win
Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese faced questions about his past comments on Donald Trump after a 2017 video resurfaced. In the video, Albanese expressed concern about Trump, saying he "scares" him and criticized Trump's use of Twitter for politics. On Thursday, Albanese confirmed he congratulated Trump on his election victory and emphasized the importance of the Australia-U.S. alliance. He did not address whether he would apologize for his earlier remarks but stated he looks forward to working with Trump. Australia's ambassador to the U.S., Kevin Rudd, also removed past critical comments about Trump from his social media. Rudd aims to avoid any misinterpretation of his views as ambassador and expressed his commitment to strengthening the U.S.-Australia relationship.