UK's ambassador to the US has called President Trump 'inept,' 'insecure' and 'incompetent,' in cables to the Foreign Commonwealth Office, a UK official says
Diplomatic cables sent from the United Kingdom's ambassador to the United States back to London describe President Donald Trump as"inept,""insecure" and"incompetent," a UK government official confirmed Saturday to CNN.
The leak could cause serious diplomatic damage between the two"special relationship" allies.While foreign envoys of all nations are often candid in classified dispatches back home, there are periodic episodes when such assessments leak, causing great political embarrassment. Months of efforts by the ambassador, Kim Darroch and his diplomats to build ties and trust with Trump and his political acolytes will be undermined.The cables were leaked to and first published by the Daily Mail.
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