Nigel Farage for US ambassador? Trump tweet has UK squirming

[highplainsdem]

Source: CNN

The UK has rejected a suggestion by US President-elect Donald Trump that it should appoint the figurehead of the Brexit movement, Nigel Farage, as ambassador to the US.

Trump caused diplomatic ripples when he said on Twitter that Farage, interim leader of the anti-immigrant UK Independence Party (UKIP), would "do a great job" in the post.

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A spokesman for the office of British Prime Minister Theresa May blocked the idea, telling CNN the UK appoints its own ambassadors and 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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Read more: http://www.cnn.com/2016/11/22/world/donald-trump-nigel-farage-us-ambassador/index.html?sr=twCNN112216donald-trump-nigel-farage-us-ambassador0150PMStoryLink&linkId=31435896

[KewlKat]

1. so the con is taking this to a new level....not only does he bully his own country, he will now

expand to include the UK?

he must have promised farage this job for his help campaigning.

[muriel_volestrangler]

2. Steve Bell:

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/picture/2016/nov/22/steve-bell-on-trumps-ambassadorial-proposal-cartoon

[AgadorSparticus]

3. Omg, did he rightly get a quick, "go to hell" response?

Telling other countries what to do now?

[moondust]

4. That used to be called "meddling"

in the internal affairs of a sovereign nation. Anybody with a basic understanding of diplomacy knows you don't do that.

[Madam45for2923]

5. Someone who grabs women crotches has no problem with meddling.

They are almost the same.

[grantcart]

6. Just unbelievable

Any tired of winning yet?