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.

Over in Australia, Opposition leader Sussan Ley has walked back hear earlier comments calling for Kevin Rudd to resign as US ambassador.

Sussan Ley’s partyroom rival Andrew Hastie says Australia’s US ambassador Kevin Rudd “got the job done”, in a veiled swipe at the Opposition Leader who had been calling for Dr Rudd’s ­removal.

Sussan Ley has said Kevin Rudd’s position as Australia’s ambassador to the US is “untenable” after Donald Trump gave the former prime minister a verbal lashing.

Opposition Leader Sussan Ley has cut short her press conference after she was asked if she had undermined her own leadership.

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

As the Coalition calls for Kevin Rudd to be sacked, the prime minister sang his praises and found an unlikely ally back home.

Former White House press secretary Sean Spicer has claimed Australia’s ambassador to the United States, Kevin Rudd, is “patently ineffective” after President Donald Trump publicly blasted the ex-prime minister for making disparaging comments against him in the past.