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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsUK rejects Trump's call to make Nigel Farage US ambassador
http://www.cnn.com/2016/11/22/world/donald-trump-nigel-farage-us-ambassador/index.htmlLondon (CNN)The UK has rejected a suggestion by Donald Trump that it should appoint the figurehead of the Brexit movement, Nigel Farage, as ambassador to the US.
President-elect Trump caused diplomatic ripples when he said on Twitter that Farage, interim leader of the rightwing UK Independence Party, would "do a great job" in the post.
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But a spokesman for British Prime Minister Theresa May's office blocked the idea, telling CNN that the position was filled.
Trump's expression of a preference for UK ambassador to Washington was a startling break with diplomatic protocol. It is unheard of in recent years for any US official to make such a suggestion to an ally.
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UK rejects Trump's call to make Nigel Farage US ambassador (Original Post)
deminks
Nov 2016
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malaise
(269,054 posts)1. You're about to see American Exceptionalism read
Imperialism on steroids - welcome to the Roman Empire Part 2
SleeplessinSoCal
(9,123 posts)2. or maybe he will explode.
I can envision it.
malaise
(269,054 posts)3. I would watch that
for real
dhol82
(9,353 posts)4. You mean this didn't come from the Onion?
Solly Mack
(90,773 posts)5. Gee, I can't imagine why.
Trump heard "leader of the free world" and assumed it meant he was the actual leader of other countries as well.
TreasonousBastard
(43,049 posts)6. Listening to the BBC talking about this...
They had little good to say about Farage (a "loser" who couldn't land a seat in Parliament) and less good to say about Trump, who has no idea what diplomacy is about.
Historic NY
(37,451 posts)7. All on twitter, TRump the "twit" on Twitter.
That's how he will push his edicts.