In leaked cables, the U.K. ambassador to the U.S. says that the Trump administration is “dysfunctional,” “unpredictable,” and not “normal”
Maybe that relationship isn’t so special after all. Photo: Richard Pohle - WPA Pool/Getty Images The Trump administration is “dysfunctional,” “unpredictable,” and not “normal.” Trump “radiates insecurity,” uses “false claims and invented statistics,” and will never “look competent.” And when his presidency ends, it may very well come crashing down in “disgrace.”
The leaked cables, which span communications sent by Darroch from 2017 to the present, provide a picture of Trump and his administration that’s familiar to anyone who pays close attention to U.S. politics. But in London, the Mail suggests that Darroch’s comment could be a “bombshell” that “risks angering the notoriously thin-skinned US President.”
“The ambassador has not served the U.K. well, I can tell you that,” said Trump, who has previously tweeted that Brexit architect Nigel Farage should be the U.K. ambassador to the U.S. “We are not big fans of that man, and he has not served the U.K. well. So I can understand it and I can say things about him but I won’t bother.”
“The British public would expect our ambassadors to provide ministers with an honest, unvarnished assessment of the politics in their country. Their views are not necessarily the views of ministers or indeed the government.“But we pay them to be candid. Just as the U.S. ambassador here will send back his reading of Westminster politics and personalities.”
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