Posted on 07/08/2019 10:11:51 AM PDT by yesthatjallen
Britain’s government has told Washington that leaks of memos in which the UK ambassador described U.S. President Donald Trump’s administration as “dysfunctional” were a matter of regret, the Prime Minister Theresa May’s spokesman said on Monday.
The memos from Kim Darroch, the ambassador to Washington, were leaked to a Sunday newspaper, annoying U.S. President Donald Trump and triggering demands on the British side to find out who had disclosed them.
“Contact has been made with the Trump administration setting out our view that we believe the leak in unacceptable. It is, of course, a matter of regret that this has happened,” May’s spokesman told reporters.
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They regret the leak, not the sentiment.
They regert they got caught.
Exactly. Who cares if they regret it or not. The sentiment is real. That’s the take away.
The US should not have any regrets pulling his diplomatic visa...
Thank you for your service Kim, we are looking forward to meeting your replacement.
So, has the UK ambassador been recalled?
Who leaked the documents who’s the leaker let’s get them up and get them in jail
Exactly.
Didn’t the USA save the brit’s butt in WWI and WWII? What a bunch of limp-wristed, moozlum-loving losers. Their good DNA apparently was wiped-out in the wars. What feckless ingrates.
I found one of the comments that the UK needed to- ‘flood the zone’, which meant influencing as many of the President’s key advisers as possible- troubling.
Who are these ‘key advisors’?
https://foreignpolicy.com/2012/05/29/so-how-do-you-expel-an-ambassador-anyway/
...The 1961 Vienna Treaty on Diplomatic Relations, which codifies concepts such as diplomatic immunity and the inviolability of embassies, gives states quite a bit of leeway on kicking out diplomats. Article 9 states, “The receiving state may at any time and without having to explain its decision, notify the sending state that the head of the mission or any member of the diplomatic staff of the mission is persona non grata or that any other member of the staff of the mission is not acceptable. In any such case, the sending state shall, as appropriate, either recall the person concerned or terminate his functions with the mission.”
Insulting a host country
A very stupid move
Even more stupid for leadership to publicly support it
Theresa May is not serving her country well...
Unless her intent is to purposefully abandon the
Historically close relationship
Two can play that game...
Did Kim Darroch work with Obama to go after Trump ?
If they TRULY regretted it, they would replace their Ambassador.
In my opinion, yes.
No regerts.
The Brits are only our allies when they need our help.
We need to discontinue any/all of the 5 Eyes Secrets agreement with the UK, Canada, Australia and New Zealand.
What does Sir Kim know about “Spygate”?
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