Kevin Rudd has purged his social media accounts of posts disparaging Donald Trump, after the former US president’s re-election raised the prospect the Australian ambassador’s past comments could compromise his relationship with the incoming administration.

Australia's ambassador to the United States, Kevin Rudd, has deleted a raft of social media posts criticising Donald Trump after his victory in yesterday's election.The former prime minister had labelled Trump "the most destructive president in history" in a 2020 tweet from his personal account – before he was appointed ambassador – adding that he "drags America and democracy through the mud".

Former prime minister and current ambassador to the US Kevin Rudd has scrambled to scrub his record of highly disparaging remarks about returning American President Donald Trump following Wednesday’s shock US election romp.

Donald Trump has won the US election in a landslide – and there are two Australians who should be feeling very nervous about it. No matter how much Kamala Harris tried to cast herself as the new face of the Democrats, she was, as his vice president, inextricably linked to Joe Biden.

Canberra’s ambassador to the US was “looking forward” to working with Donald Trump despite calling him “destructive” and a “traitor”, while the Australian Prime Minister spoke for the first time with the President-elect who “scares the sh--t out” of him.