President Trump's clash with UK ambassador highlights a special relationship in danger.
Darroch had spent four years and three days as Britain’s most senior diplomat, a tenure effectively ended by the president’s withering assessment of him as “wacky,” “very stupid,” and “a fool,” in aThe wacky Ambassador that the U.K. foisted upon the United States is not someone we are thrilled with, a very stupid guy. He should speak to his country, and Prime Minister May, about their failed Brexit negotiation, and not be upset with my criticism of how badly it was...
“Historically the relationship has been in decline for a number of years and it’s under particular pressure because of President Trump and because of Brexit,” he said, referring to the U.K.’s 2016 vote to leave the European Union. “The net effect of the Trump administration has been to downgrade the importance of alliances.”
“What you need is people who are qualified for the job and who follow the instructions of the government of the day,” he said. “You don’t want people who are ideologically aligned to yourself. We’ve got to get away from that idea of them and us. The civil service, the diplomatic service, represent everyone.”
“If you look at Trump’s tweets, the first line was about the ambassador but then he uses his platform to say he’s no fan of Theresa May, to tear down the U.K. and its policies,” she told NBC News.
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