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Tue Jul 9, 2019, 03:42 PM Jul 2019

BREAKING: Trump makes it harder for allies to get accurate reports on his "alarming administration"

Trump tweets likely deal UK ambassador a fatal blow
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Analysis by Stephen Collinson, CNN
Updated 2:57 PM ET, Tue July 9, 2019

(CNN) - Only a month after basking in the pageantry and lavish hospitality that only Queen Elizabeth II can lay on, President Donald Trump is back to telling Britain who is boss.

With a devastating set of tweets that all but declared Ambassador Sir Kim Darroch persona-non-grata, the President did more than simply feed a personal grudge. He turned Britain's extreme discomfort into political leverage over America's best friend.

By making it clear he would prefer an envoy more sympathetic to his worldview, Trump is effectively trying to make it more difficult for another country to get accurate diplomatic reporting and internal intelligence on an administration that has alarmed many foreign allies -- not just Britain.
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BREAKING: Trump makes it harder for allies to get accurate reports on his "alarming administration" (Original Post) real Cannabis calm Jul 2019 OP
"Devastating" "revenge" BS his a little brat throwing a fit underpants Jul 2019 #1
It's much worse than that malaise Jul 2019 #2
In Trumpworld this is normal... Thunderbeast Jul 2019 #3
Doesn't want people to read what he's saying to his homey poot uponit7771 Jul 2019 #4

malaise

(269,094 posts)
2. It's much worse than that
Tue Jul 9, 2019, 04:10 PM
Jul 2019

He is telling a sovereign state who it can or cannot appoint to represent it's foreign affair.

Still it's fun to watch the Brits get hit with their own modus operandi towards former colonies.

Thunderbeast

(3,417 posts)
3. In Trumpworld this is normal...
Tue Jul 9, 2019, 04:40 PM
Jul 2019

Remember how Russia held veto power over the appointment for Secretary of State? Putin hand-picked Rex Tillerson for the job because he had deep business entanglements and commitments to Russian energy production.

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