Now He Wants to Dictate Other Countries' Appointments

Downing Street and the Foreign Office have brushed off a suggestion from the US president-elect, Donald Trump, that Nigel Farage would be a good ambassador to Washington, as MPs said the interim Ukip leader’s inflammatory views made him a poor candidate for a diplomatic post.

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“Diplomats require diplomacy,” [Conservative MP Dan Poulter] told the Commons. “There should be no place for anyone who expresses inflammatory and what sometimes can be considered to be borderline racist views in representing this country in discussions with the United States.”

  Guardian

Well, see, Donald didn't consider that because we obviously don't have that restriction in the US.

Overnight, Trump tweeted that Farage’s appointment would be a popular choice, an unprecedented comment from an incoming US president in suggesting a foreign appointment to another world leader, especially given Farage’s opposition to the government.

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No 10 declined to criticise Trump’s call for Farage to become the ambassador and stressed that it was “important to reiterate that the UK already has an incredibly strong and enduring relationship with the United States”.

Well, you did have.

Both Downing Street and the foreign secretary, Boris Johnson, took pains to praise Darroch’s tenure in Washington in their responses to Trump’s tweet.

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The prime minister’s spokesman said: “As far as the ambassador goes, there is no vacancy for that position. We have an excellent ambassador to the United States [Sir Kim Darroch] and he will continue his work.”

He might not be received well by the US President come February, however.

Johnson said the UK hoped to be influential as Trump took the reins at the White House. “I do think it is very important that on all sides of this House we should be as positive as we possibly can be about working with the incoming US administration,” he said. “It is of massive importance to our country and indeed to the world. And I suggest to the honourable member that he should judge that new administration by their actions in office which, of course, we hope to shape and influence.”

There's a lot to unpack in that statement.



...but hey, do what you want...you will anyway.