Trump, breaching protocol, suggests his buddy Nigel Farage as ambassador to U.S. 'No vacancy' ...

[DonViejo]

Trump, breaching protocol, suggests his buddy Nigel Farage as ambassador to U.S. ‘No vacancy’ says British P.M.

By Fred Barbash November 22 at 5:15 AM

The word “cheeky,” meaning “insolent” or “impertinent,” is a favorite in Britain, as in, to quote the OED, “some even had the cheek to push their cameras through the front gate” or “If he gives me any of his cheek I’ll knock him down.”

In the world of diplomacy, a foreign leader suggesting publicly to another government whom it should send as ambassador is most definitely cheeky, even in the view of Britain’s cheekiest newspaper, the Sun, which called it “a highly unusual intervention that breaks with diplomatic protocol.”

When the man proposed as ambassador is a leader not of the party in power but rather a thorn in the side of the party in power, it transcends “cheek” and becomes “a corker.” That was the word the Guardian’s Andrew Sparrow deployed to describe President-elect Donald Trump’s tweet Monday that “Many people would like to see Nigel Farage represent Great Britain as their Ambassador to the United States. He would do a great job!”

That was the word the Guardian’s Andrew Sparrow deployed to describe President-elect Donald Trump’s tweet Monday that “Many people would like to see Nigel Farage represent Great Britain as their Ambassador to the United States. He would do a great job!”

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[OldHippieChick]

1. Somehow I picture the Don on the bow of the

"Titanic" bellowing "I'm king of the world". Rather, he's a classless, clueless nutjob.