KEVIN RUDD – YOU’RE FIRED!

Firstly, I’d like to thank my friends and colleagues in the United States of America, within Congress and at the United Nations for reaching out and seeking my opinion of Australia’s US Ambassador, Kevin Rudd.

As a very proud Australian, and equally a friend and ally of the United States of America, I make this direct appeal to President Trump, the incoming Cabinet, all members of the United States Congress and the American people to NOT accept the credentials of our Australian US Ambassador Kevin Rudd.

President Trump, you’re not adverse to these words, and I’d like to request you please tell Rudd “You’re Fired” and send him packing back to Australia!

The time for deep and bitter divisions is over and you have a lot of work to do without looking over your shoulder, and personally, I don’t wish for the American people or you Mr President to start your second Presidential Term with a man as divisive as Rudd as our Australian Ambassador, as frankly Rudd is an adversary representing our country and indeed a danger to you Mr President due to his published comments.

Australia is my home Mr President, and we face many problems and deep divisions and there’s no place for a divisive man as Rudd to ever represent my country or indeed, ever be an Australian Ambassador anywhere in the world! The fact Rudd is our United States Ambassador speaks volumes of our current Government and underlines the failures of our Government which my fellow Australians experience each and every day!

As you’re also aware Mr President, even your daughter in law Lara Trump said it would be “hard” for someone who had “said such nasty things” to represent Australia, and I wholeheartedly agree as these posts were utterly disgraceful and not an example of how we, as Australians treat our friends, allies or act diplomatically, and Rudd knows better!

Equally, Nigel Farage questioned Rudd’s suitability to be our Ambassador after his published views, and no amount of sanitising his social media posts will change Rudd’s views, which I can assure you does not represent ordinary Australians, or me Mr President, hence the increasing political tensions over Rudd’s appointment from the very beginning.

As I always say, we’re Australian and we look after one another, but a man as divisive as Rudd has been extremely disrespectful to the American people and you Mr President, and I don’t believe he should EVER represent Australia in any capacity, hence my request for you to inform him “You’re Fired!”

Next week, I’m travelling to Washington with family to support the American people and you Mr President for your inauguration, and I sincerely pray our heavenly father blesses both the United States of America, Australia and you Mr President, along with our respective people. May God grant us the strength and wisdom to get on with the job at hand, to putting our respective countries and people first in everything we do, as these are the values we hold dear to our hearts!

Philip Couper

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