Anthony Albanese’s words about Donald Trump come back to haunt him on the eve of the US election [Video]

16:59 EST 04 Nov 2024, updated 17:05 EST 04 Nov 2024

Footage has resurfaced of Prime Minister Anthony Albanese saying that Donald Trump ‘scares the s**t out of me.’

The video, recorded in July 2017 at the Splendour in the Grass festival, shows Albanese, who was then the shadow minister for transport and infrastructure, openly criticising Trump just six months into his presidency.

‘We have an alliance with the US, we’ve got to deal with him, but that doesn’t mean that you’re uncritical about it,’ Albanese said.

‘He (Trump) scares the s**t out of me. I think it’s of some concern the leader of the free world thinks that you can conduct politics through 140 characters on Twitter overnight.’

Sky News host Sharri Markson labelled the resurfaced comments ‘juvenile’, claiming Albanese should have known better.

‘He was a senior figure in the Shorten team,’ Ms Markson said on Monday.

‘He should have known better than to speak in such a juvenile …