British diplomat scalped for castigating US Prez

The British diplomat in several of his leaked emails castigated the US President saying: 'We don't really believe this administration is going to become substantially more normal, less dysfunctional, less unpredictable, less faction-riven, less diplomatically clumsy and inept.'

Washington: US President Donald Trump criticised British Ambassador to Washington Kim Darroch saying that 'he has not served the UK well'. The response came in the wake of the inept remarks made by the British diplomat against the President.

Dating from 2017 to the present day, Darroch in the leaked emails said: "We don't really believe this administration is going to become substantially more normal, less dysfunctional, less unpredictable, less faction-riven, less diplomatically clumsy and inept."

Trump said that he hadn't seen the mails. Later, he said, "We're not big fans of that man and he has not served the UK well, so I can understand it," Trump said. "And I can say things about him but I won't bother."

Trade secretary Liam Fox termed the leak as 'unprofessional, unethical and unpatriotic'.

He said that whoever released the emails had 'maliciously' undermined the defence and security relationship with the US, 'the most important global relationship that we have'.

Meanwhile, Foreign Secretary Jeremy Hunt, who is seeking to become the next Conservative leader and the UK's new Prime Minister, said the memos reflected a 'personal view', not that of the UK government.

Hunt added it was the ambassador's job to give 'frank opinions' but they did not reflect the government's view.

The British Foreign Office has launched a probe to find the source of the leak.