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The British ambbadador to the United States resigned after President Donald Trump launched a tirade on social networks, calling the ambbadador a "knight" of "very dumb guy" and "insane madman".
"The current situation prevents me from playing my role as I wish," Ambbadador Kim Darroch said after being the victim of the US President's public tirade.
His resignation stems from a leak of confidential diplomatic cables published in a British newspaper where Darroch called the Trump government "inept" and "solely dysfunctional".
Trump promised to no longer work with Darroch, calling outgoing Prime Minister Theresa May's policy "stupid", saying it was good that she would soon be replaced.
May fully supported Darroch after the leak was published.
A career diplomat, the ambbadador was in Washington DC since 2016. His term was set to end at the end of 2019.
"Good government depends on officials being able to give full and candid advice," said May, expressing "great regret" for his resignation.
"The importance of defending our values and principles, especially when under pressure, is essential," she added.
Other voices, other points of view
Candidates for the position of British Prime Minister weighed in on Darroch's resignation – although former Foreign Minister Boris Johnson refused to support him in a debate Tuesday night against his rival, the Minister of Foreign Affairs, Jeremy Hunt.
"I do not think it was necessarily the right thing to do," said Johnson about Trump's insulting tweets, "but our relationship with the United States is of tremendous importance," he said. -he adds.
His rival Hunt had a sharper response. "This should never have happened to that," he said after Darroch's announcement. Previously, he described Trump's insulting cries as "disrespectful and false".
Darroch has received support from politicians across the political spectrum after his resignation.
In Scotland, Prime Minister Nicola Sturgeon said that the ambbadador had been "forced to leave" his duties.
"Boris Johnson's failure last night to defend him – and to stand up to Donald Trump's behavior – spoke volumes," said Sturgeon, leader of the Scottish National Party.
The Conservative chairman of Parliament's Foreign Affairs Committee, Tom Tugendhat, said the issue could be politically damaging.
"If the United Kingdom can not protect diplomatic communications and their careers are expensive, when all they have done is to fulfill the wishes of the government, we will degrade the quality of our emissaries, will diminish our influence and weaken our country "he said.
"For the next Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, it is obvious that flattery and sycophangy are not enough when it comes to Trump," said Thomas Wright, a senior member of the think tank. Washington DC think tank, Brookings L & # 39; Atlantic.
The Foreign Office is launching an investigation into the leakage of confidential cables, at a time when US-UK relations are considerably strained. Although Trump and his family were welcomed to the UK last month, his erratic diplomacy, including the politics of Iran and China, does not match that of Britain.
At the same time, with the Brexit on the horizon, Britain has maintained its desire to improve relations between the two countries, by specifically creating a bilateral free trade agreement once it is over. he will finally be released from the European Union.
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