Almost overnight, the British ambassador risks going from bipartisan D.C. convener to ostracized foreigner at Trump’s direction
It was a jovial moment, according to two people Darroch told about the encounter, and it was one reason that the British envoy — in public and also private — has described Trump as “charming.”
Trump aides and confidants who have attended his soirees include White House counselor Kellyanne Conway, Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross and former White House press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders. Darroch and his embassy even hosted a September 2017 engagement party for Katie Walsh, Trump’s former deputy chief of staff, and her beau Mike Shields, which several Trump aides, including Treasury Secretary Steve Mnuchin, attended.
Darroch wrote that Trump “radiates insecurity” and has “no filter.” But he also warned officials in London: “Do not write him off.” I have been very critical about the way the U.K. and Prime Minister Theresa May handled Brexit. What a mess she and her representatives have created. I told her how it should be done, but she decided to go another way. I do not know the Ambassador, but he is not liked or well........thought of within the U.S. We will no longer deal with him. The good news for the wonderful United Kingdom is that they will soon have a new Prime Minister.
The belief in some corners is that the leaks of the cables were orchestrated by supporters of the Brexit movement who want to make sure that the next British ambassador in the United States is definitively on their side. Others suspect Russia may be behind the leaks similar to the way Moscow is accused of hacking the Democratic National Committee’s emails.
“Oh, we love the British — go Brexit!” one Trump senior administration official told Darroch at a small private dinner last year, prompting the British ambassador to laugh. Despite Darroch’s positive reputation in the foreign policy establishment, some observers pointed out that the insights he offered in his memos weren’t all that original.
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