Below is an extract of a post published on Guardian titled "Hunt rejects ambassador's view of Trump administration and calls it 'highly effective' - live news"
Scroll down to the bottom of this article and tap the read article button to visit the Guardian post directly and give your opinion.
Make america great again.- Donald Trump.
What counts is not necessarily the size of the dog in the fight. It's the size of the fight in the dog.- Dwight D. Eisenhower.
The best executive is the one who has sense enough to pick good men to do what wants done, and self-restraint to keep from meddling with them while they do it.- Theodore Roosevelt.
Discipline is the soul of an army. It makes small numbers formidable; procures success to the weak and esteem to all.- George Washington.
America 1st Girl is a Blog by Conservative Artist Cara Sky.
Essentially i Blog on all things Donald Trump and on occasion post my own Art.
I curate Donald Trump articles and notable Tweets on your behalf from all over the web into one easy site for you to browse without trolling through hundreds of different sites or posts.
America 1st Girl is not affiliated with the journalist or Twitter user who published the original article or Tweet, nor is she responsible for any affiliations the journalist or Tweeter user in question may hold.
Everything here on America 1st Girl is Donald Trump related from Media to Podcasts, Forums, Blogs and Fan groups.
Via: Guardian
Rolling coverage of the day’s political developments as they happen, including the latest from the Tory leadership contest 10.00am BST Here are the key points from what Jeremy Hunt, the foreign secretary, said about the Kim Darroch leak at his press conference. There are 13,000 people who work for the Foreign Office extremely bright, able, dedicated people. And we pay them as taxpayers to give us their frank assessment of the situation in the countries where they are serving, which is what our ambassador in Washington was doing. But it’s a personal view. And there will be many people in this building who don’t agree with that view. And, indeed, I don’t agree with some of the views that we saw in those letters. I’ve said I think the US administration is highly effective and we have the warmest of relationships, and a partnership based on standing up for shared values. I made it clear that I don’t share the ambassador’s assessment of either the US administration or relations with the US administration. It’s very important that our ambassadors and high commissioners around the world continue to feel that they are able to express those frank views. Because we have one of the best diplomatic networks in the world and the foundation of that is the free exchange of information and opinions, and the understanding that we are not always going to agree with each other, but we want to know what people around the world are thinking. 9.42am BST Speaking at his press conference at the Foreign Office, Jeremy Hunt has said that he does not agree with everything Sir Kim Darroch, the ambassador to Washington, said in the cables leaked to the Mail on Sunday. But he has said that it is important for diplomats to be able to express their views frankly. Foreign Sec tells me it’s important ambassadors and FCO staff around the world feel “supported” and able to have “frank exchange of views”. Defends Sir Kim Darroch’s right to make his comments, even though disagrees with his assessment of US administration. Leak is the issue. 9.31am BST Here are three foreign policy experts on the Kim Darroch leak. From the historian Timothy Garton Ash British ambassador to the US @KimDarroch is an outstanding diplomat who was simply doing his proper job. To shorten his term in response to a leak, as urged by Nigel Farage, would be pathetic, craven - and objective encouragement to future malicious leakers & Faragistes… My “At home with the FT” with Kim Darroch, Britain’s ambassador to the US, who is almost certainly victim of pro-Brexit/Trumpist forces for doing what he is paid to do. Farage wants Kim fired. How long before Britain’s civil service loses all heart? https://t.co/9yyV1KKmTG I know reporters should welcome leaks, but this astonishing leak doesn’t reveal corruption or secret torture schemes. It just harms UK’s ability to influence Trump and kneecaps a v plugged-in ambo to US, @KimDarroch, targeted by leakers-I assume-for being insufficiently Brexity https://t.co/xD02F4W8c8 9.19am BST Sir Kim Darroch, the British ambassador to Washington whose private views on the merits of Donald Trump and his administration were leaked to the Mail on Sunday yesterday, has attracted the wrath of the president. “The ambassador has not served the UK well, I can tell you that,” said Trump when asked about Darroch’s comments, which were actually relatively mild in comparison with some of the things that have said about Trump, and certainly in line with most mainstream European commentary on Washington. “We are not big fans of that man,” Trump went on. Related: Trump hits back over UK ambassador’s leaked memos With the widespread contacts that I have in Washington and in the administration and amongst congressional leaders, [I know] our ambassador is held in high regard … It’s not a problem with the ambassador. This is a problem with the ethics of the individual who carried out this particular leak. If people start to want to leak confidential information - leaving aside whether or not it may be a criminal activity - it certainly makes it much more difficult to be able to have the bond of trust within which we can operate in an optimal way. Well, I think that who we have as our diplomats is of course a matter for us. And I don’t see, frankly, that this is an impediment to the ambassador being able to work in Washington. I do know that the views that that were in our newspapers [ie, in the Darroch memos] don’t reflect the views of the government. But that’s not the role of the diplomatic service. They’re there to make an assessment on a day to day basis. They send regular reports back. Obviously they vary over time. And they add colour so that politicians in London can get a feel for what’s going on elsewhere. The same will happen with the American ambassador reporting back to Washington. I will be apologising for the fact that either our civil service or elements of our political class have not lived up to the expectations that either we have or the United States has about their behaviour, which in this particular case has lapsed in a most extraordinary and unacceptable way. Malicious leaks of this nature are unprofessional. They are unethical. And they are unpatriotic. Because they can actually lead to damage to that relationship which can, therefore, affect our security interests. I think it is unconscionable that any professional person in either politics of the civil service can behave in this way. This is such a damaging, potentially damaging, event, that I hope the full force of our internal discipline, or even the law, will come down on whoever actually carried out this particular act. Continue reading…
