Caporegime
That's not how the FCO works.Every minister should have refused it!
That's not how the FCO works.Every minister should have refused it!
How many governments boycotted their US ambassador following the Wikileaks, er, leaks?Which nobody has a problem with, but he cant do his role anymore now his reputation and image in the eyes of the US has been shattered.
Simple minded folk like Yas seem to ignore this because they dont like Trump, but it's not possible for him to continue in his role. Blame whomever leaked it, you cant blame the US government from having a field day with this and refusing to deal with him anymore, its utterly embarrassing that this has leaked and shows us as incompetent and unable to keep state documents a secret.
How many governments boycotted their US ambassador following the Wikileaks, er, leaks?
Diplomats make blunt assessments of the host government so their government knows what's going on. Every ambassador to the UK has probably been writing mean things about Theresa May for the past two years; they wouldn't be sent packing if found out as we aren't governed by an extremely emotionally sensitive toddler.
I do think that an early departure from the post would have been appropriate if he wasn't already retiring at the end of the year as an ambassador shouldn't be a lame duck for too long. Instead, a senior diplomat's posting has been immediately torpedoed by someone with an agenda. Not rewarding that sort of behaviour is more important than attempting to placate a volatile individual like Trump.
The diplomat quote was slating the entire administration, any other administration would have ostracised them, absolutely kidding yourself if you think otherwise.
That's not how the FCO works.
He's made an assessment of his host country. That's part of his job.
The job of ambassadors are to have good relations with their host countries. Doesn't matter if its a tin-pot dictator or some bleeding heart liberal. An ambassador that has ****** off the leader of a country has failed even if accidentally.
That's not what I said at all.Not really, I dont know of any other western country with leadership that would act like Trump does.
So you keep on insisting, but that's wrong.The job of ambassadors are to have good relations with their host countries. Doesn't matter if its a tin-pot dictator or some bleeding heart liberal. An ambassador that has ****** off the leader of a country has failed even if accidentally.
Oh so we're allowed Trump threads in GD now as long as I don't make them, gotcha
All the TDS people from SC come scurrying along to add their daily dose of hysteria too I see
All the TDS people from SC come scurrying along to add their daily dose of hysteria too I see
Give it a month.Not really, I dont know of any other western country with leadership that would act like Trump does.
Give it a month.
Trump sounds stupid, but he isn't. He knew exactly what to do to make it to president.
Opponents (in typical American fashion) underestimated him and wrote him off as a joke, they all lost.
I wonder if we could employ Obama or Hillary in this position... It'd be really funny.
Isn't that a good thing?Do you think we would act similarly or the US do the same if the roles were reversed? I don't.
I'd be surprised if your job was to provide unvarnished opinion to the Prime Minister and underlings so perhaps not completely comparable.Isn't that a good thing?
In my own job I deal with various different partners, some have to be treated in certain ways, some in other ways. If an email of mine leaked where I was slating the whole of a particular company I worked with then I would expect to be taken off that account. The relationship would be untenable. Add someone like Trump into the mix and doubly so.