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Trump says he will 'no longer deal with' UK's ambassador to US | TheHill

posted onJuly 9, 2019
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Article snippet: MORE on Monday said he would “no longer deal with” the U.K.’s ambassador to the U.S. after leaked cables revealed the diplomat’s blunt assessment of the Trump administration.  In a pair of tweets, Trump bristled at Ambassador Kim Darroch’s description of him as "inept" and suggested a new British government could make changes.  “I do not know the Ambassador, but he is not liked or well thought of within the U.S. We will no longer deal with him. The good news for the wonderful United Kingdom is that they will soon have a new Prime Minister,” Trump wrote.  Even as Trump showed his anger over being criticized by a foreign official, he went after outgoing British Prime Minister MORE over her handling of Brexit.  “What a mess she and her representatives have created. I told her how it should be done, but she decided to go another way,” Trump wrote, adding that “while I thoroughly enjoyed the magnificent State Visit last month, it was the Queen who I was most impressed with!”  Shortly after Trump’s tweet, an administration official said that Darroch had been disinvited from a Monday night dinner hosted by Treasury Secretary first reported by Bloomberg.  Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani is dining with Trump and other top U.S. officials ahead of his meeting tomorrow with the president at the White House. The British government said Monday that Darroch continues to have May’s “full support.” “We have made clear to the U.S. how unfortunate this leak is. The selective extrac... Link to the full article to read more

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