Trump responds to UK envoy's resignation

July 13, 2019 00:43

United State President Donald Trump responded to the resignation of Britains ambassador to the United States, Sir Kim Darroch, who stepped down on Wednesday after leaked diplomatic cables showed him lambasting Trump and his administration as inept and incompetent.

I wish the British ambassador well, Trump said. Some people just told me too bad but they said he actually said very good things about me. He was sort of referring to other people.

Trumps change of heart comes after he attacked Darroch on Twitter on Monday following the leak, saying he would no longer deal with him. A day later, the US president again pilloried the ambassador, calling him a pompous fool, wacky and a very stupid guy.

The British government stood by Darroch after the Daily Mail published the communications, spread over two years, on Sunday, and continued to praise his work even after his resignation.

Darroch wrote in his resignation letter that the current situation is making it impossible for me to carry out my role as I would like.

In the current circumstances the responsible course is to allow the appointment of a new ambassador, he wrote.

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