Ex-US ambassador ‘does not regret’ Trump criticism

Ex-US ambassador ‘does not regret’ Trump criticism - BBC Newsnight

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3 жыл бұрын

In an exclusive interview the UK’s former Ambassador to the US, Sir Kim Darroch, tells Newsnight’s Emily Maitlis he does not regret criticising Donald Trump in briefings later leaked to the media, in which he described the president’s government as "dysfunctional" and ”inept" in private letters. Subscribe to our channel here: goo.gl/31Q53F
The UK's former ambassador to the US has told BBC Newsnight he does not regret criticising Donald Trump in briefings later leaked to the media.
Kim Darroch quit last year after it emerged he described the US President's government as "dysfunctional", "inept" and "divided" in private letters.
But its disclosure to the media was a "vindictive" breach of trust, he said.
Lord Darroch left his post in July 2019 amid a huge diplomatic row over the leaking of a series of private cables, in which he had questioned the competence of the Trump administration and its handling of major foreign policy issues, such as relations with Iran.
In response to suggestions the prime minister could modify the Brexit withdrawal agreement, Lord Darroch told Newsnight “the idea that you could re-write your part of the agreement is just unacceptable” and “it’s a breach of international law."
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@Payteer 3 жыл бұрын

His title is wrong, he isn't the ex-US ambassador, but the Ex-UK Ambassador to the US, please correct.

@barryh13 3 жыл бұрын

Exactly, it's not just Boris who is influenced by Trump, it is now also the BBC.

@owenking8662 3 жыл бұрын

Not only that but he is The Lord Darroch of Kew, not Sir Kim Darroch, as they have written in the description.

@yolandadenny8692 3 жыл бұрын

The most frustrating situation for an intelligent man to have to suffer is dealing with an arrogant overbearing moron. Lord Darroch called it what it was. He was honest and be respected for that.

@stefank6932 3 жыл бұрын

Lord darroch is an arrogant, pompous moron and I’m being honest and I should be respected for that- that’s the level of your logic. Take your blinkers off and try and look subjectively at what trump has done. I could list many accomplishments that I bet you never heard about on the BBC. My guess is that you are very tuned into the lame stream media to get your views on the world and trump and then won’t fathom why he will get voted in for a second term because the people of America didn’t know what they were voting for right?😉

@docastrov9013 3 жыл бұрын

"I'd like to meet the leaker in a prison cell". Ironic.

@polyglotte 3 жыл бұрын

Wouldn't it be nice if someone on KZfaq were to write an interesting, thoughtful comment that had something to do with the content of the video they were commenting on (rather than the cacophony of tedious, one-off gotchas), and that other people replied to with equally thoughtful perspectives, and that comment/thread were to be the top comment of all? What a world that would be.

@therealtea9786 3 жыл бұрын

here here

@thisisit333 2 жыл бұрын

Absolutely! I’m exhausted reading far too many comments by the most uninteresting, uninformed and pathetic people. Unfortunately too many people in the world are okay with being mediocre and subhuman.

@macred 3 жыл бұрын

With Dominic Cummings at the helm....no.

@helenab7390 Жыл бұрын

Why does the interviewer look like a giant compared to the guest? Is it me or has anyone else thought the same? Has something gone wrong with my eyesight🤣🤣

@kurisensei 3 жыл бұрын

It was ridiculous that Trump got this guy fired for private (and accurate) comments

@richardbostan4286 3 жыл бұрын

Trump was totally correct to stick a fork in him. Darroch's position became untenable.

@richardbostan4286 3 жыл бұрын

@Louise X I don't know what could possess you to think that is anything other than an apples and oranges comparison. No American ambassador to a foreign country has been caught insulting the leader of the country in which he is stationed during Trump's time in office. If that happened and Trump didn't remove his ambassador, only then could one accuse of him of hypocrisy on this issue. To be more clear: the issue isn't that Darroch was the victim of a leak, it is that his job was all about staying in the good graces of his host and the leak made that impossible.

@mrpusser0348 3 жыл бұрын

Very measured interview and full of factual analysis without political double talk Stand by for the left and right crazies to start screaming

@patmyaz3240 3 жыл бұрын

I'm very much on the left and I think it's a great interview

@mrpusser0348 3 жыл бұрын

Prem Mayo and I am centre right and I agree See , it’s civil ...why can’t people stop screaming at each other

@patmyaz3240 3 жыл бұрын

@@mrpusser0348 I completely agree, there needs to be more respect between people.

@RobertK1993 Жыл бұрын

A Brit telling Americans what to do.

@kelliv2995 3 жыл бұрын

Scour comments of porn bots please

@tinkertaylor6965 3 жыл бұрын

The framing of these shots is extraordinary. Presumably they're sitting in similar sized chairs, yet Darroch is shown to crouch before Maitlis like a schoolboy in the headmistress's study. You wonder if some of these people aren't getting to big for their boots.

@steverose7112 3 жыл бұрын

Interesting interview, a man of principle unlike some of our current leaders!

@christopherdodds6002 3 жыл бұрын

Remoaners don't have principles. Every one of them without exception is corrupt.

@kingda117 3 жыл бұрын

@@christopherdodds6002 "Remoaners don't have principles" How so? They are not in charge now. Boris Johnson has no principles, but he's not a remoaner.

@christopherdodds6002 3 жыл бұрын

@@kingda117 Until the civil service, the judiciary, the House of Lords and the rest of the swamp are purged, remoaners will continue to fight their rearguard action,. We didn't vote to rid ourselves from rule by a bunch of corrupt, unelected EU bastards, simply to have the same laws imposed by a bunch of corrupt, unelected, EU loving UK bastards. But for the record, Brexit is simply the opening salvo in the war. The ultimate aim is the destruction of the EU in its entirety. Then The UN and the rest of the globalist vermin.

@kingda117 3 жыл бұрын

@@christopherdodds6002 Spasibo! Putin is proud of you.

@kingda117 3 жыл бұрын

@@christopherdodds6002 You people will be hunted down until the day you die! You present day Nazis do not have an excuse of ignorance, with the internet at your fingertips. "Later, when the agency’s head of drone operations explained that the CIA had developed special munitions to limit civilian casualties, the president seemed unimpressed. Watching a previously recorded strike in which the agency held off on firing until the target had wandered away from a house with his family inside, Trump asked, “Why did you wait?” one participant in the meeting recalled" www.esquire.com/news-politics/a19701368/trump-civilian-casualties-syria-iraq/

@Graham-gt4gr 3 жыл бұрын

If the other side is not obeying the treaty then you can absolutely throw out the agreement.

@waynebamber7150 3 жыл бұрын

It's like watching 2 passenger pigeons come back from the dead for 5 minutes to discuss the virtues of becoming extinct.

@deanseawa 3 жыл бұрын

What do the comments in the first couple mins have to do with the posting topic? I gave up after that and quit.

@markcordwell2035 3 жыл бұрын

It was difficult for boris with the agreement because you had mp's blocking 17.5 million people will,he was negotiating with one arm tied

@matthewgroves2521 3 жыл бұрын

Nigel Farage should be the UK ambassador

@alexmillertommie13 3 жыл бұрын

21k views and 200 likes! Always leading the way in journalism! The only reason the BBC has survived is because of the license fee, without it, the BBC is dead.

@alexmillertommie13 3 жыл бұрын

@Bryan Davis It's the same point of having to cancel 50,000 surgeries every winter, and ranking 26th on OECD league tables. It doesn't work well.

@alexmillertommie13 3 жыл бұрын

@Tim Loves Bacon Preferably the BBC needing to survive on it's own instead of taking money from taxpayers. If the BBC is a national institution, it should have no problem raising the money.

@feigekv 3 жыл бұрын

yet here you are

@alexmillertommie13 3 жыл бұрын

@@feigekv Imagine being so uneducated and slow that you thought you were clever when you wrote that.

@carusmike 3 жыл бұрын

what a pair of wasters

@ChrisInToon 3 жыл бұрын

I thought it was Andy for a moment

@pigslefats 3 жыл бұрын

Donald 2020!

@jonsid6628 3 жыл бұрын

I never voted for this man. I can only assume he's important because he's saying what the BBC wants us to hear.

@edc1569 3 жыл бұрын

I don't think you understand how government works!

@jonsid6628 3 жыл бұрын

@@edc1569 I never realised he was the government. Sorry.

@stefank6932 3 жыл бұрын

E C you moron - Jon was being kind with you- lord darroch was an ambassador removed two years ago because he was exposed as a pompous prick in leaked cables about the US and trump. Lord Darroch is old news but his views align with the thinly veiled BBC woke bias so they interview him on current events as clearly he is a remoaner, super nationalist of the EU like the BBC

@core-nix1885 3 жыл бұрын

First words out of his mouth are about Brexit. Thought this was supposed to be a video about Trump? Nice bit of remoaner propaganda.

@Supernova-mp5uh 3 жыл бұрын

No, it is an interview of many subjects... what do you want, a full 14 minutes talking only about Trump? Be less stupid and obsessed

@core-nix1885 3 жыл бұрын

@@Supernova-mp5uh I expected them to open with the Trump questions or something related. Give your head a shake.

@Supernova-mp5uh 3 жыл бұрын

@@core-nix1885 they talked about Trump too, but obviously you're unable to understand, you're so clueless

@edc1569 3 жыл бұрын

Have you not figured out that Brexit and Trump are both populist movements yet?

@yolandadenny8692 3 жыл бұрын

My God! I hope Boris Johnson has grown to NOT be Trump. I truly thought he was an intelligent man, but I guess I was wrong.

@wayneuk62 3 жыл бұрын

🇬🇧

@iatranger 3 жыл бұрын

Anyone else think Emily maitliss looks like a vampire ? 😂

@rebeccabarr1780 3 жыл бұрын

Very interesting interview

@phoenixzappa7366 3 жыл бұрын

@hoggybhoy1967 3 жыл бұрын

Nice deflection from Prince Andrew here

@hoggybhoy1967 3 жыл бұрын

@Jimmy Jams What, what?

@hoggybhoy1967 3 жыл бұрын

@Yattaman Huh🤷‍♂️? What about what?

@hoggybhoy1967 3 жыл бұрын

@Yattaman Unbelievable 😂👍

@youtubecensorsyouropinions6638 3 жыл бұрын

SCRAP THE BBC PROPAGANDA FEE!

@ChrisInToon 3 жыл бұрын

He is a Crown Agent so of course he is going to be super salty. Plus he has major connections to Lord Malloch-Brown.

@gabellusgabellus6926 3 жыл бұрын

🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧👏👏👏👏👏

@davidclifford5124 3 жыл бұрын

Another ‘remoaner’ mischief session with two nasty bits of work in a colour coded pseudo sophisticated sepia atmosphere. Yuk! Thank goodness their lot doesn’t get a penny from me anymore.

@edwardmclaughlin7935 3 жыл бұрын

Orange Man Bad.

@ddd-ly3rv 3 жыл бұрын

I'm surprised he wrote a book. It's all about being a tweeter beast these days.

@phoenixzappa7366 3 жыл бұрын

Not for the upper class. That's just for the plebs.

@ddd-ly3rv 3 жыл бұрын

@@phoenixzappa7366 I'm not sure what that is other than a fantasy. Could be plebs.

@Leroydavis182 3 жыл бұрын

Vote trump, the time of people trusting these well to do fools with marbles in their mouths is long gone

@kingda117 3 жыл бұрын

"well to do fools" Only suckers and losers love Trump. The powerful like him because he is a useful idiot.

@Leroydavis182 3 жыл бұрын

@@kingda117 yeh okay chump ill take your well informed word for it, I'd rather trump rule the entire world for a 100 years then these career "politicians" (professional liars) for a rule it for a day

@otisdeayala7399 3 жыл бұрын

@@Leroydavis182 Are you saying Trump doesn't lie.......? 🤣 Personally I don't understand how anyone who has even a little education and empathy could vote for Trump. It's madness

@Leroydavis182 3 жыл бұрын

@@otisdeayala7399 no im saying I prefer him to the rest of the political establishment, hence why I said what I said and not what you said, crazy how that works. And yeh i get you, your saying that only bad and stupid people like him and only the intelligent and morally pure are against. Its that kind of thinking that made trump necessary.

@otisdeayala7399 3 жыл бұрын

@@Leroydavis182 Trump, Fox News, Limburgh etc, their whole game is to whip up tribal, irrational fear and somehow claim not to be snowflakes. There is nothing optimistic about it. It's becoming more likely everyday, Trump could shoot someone and a large number of supporters would still deify him. Agree that Biden isn't great either, i'm progressive so personally think Warren or Sanders should be president

@2gointruth 3 жыл бұрын

“There is no greater love than this, that a man should lay down his life for his friends.” (Jesus Immanuel the Messiah, at John 15: 13) - Yet all religions are still crucifying his true teaching, including that of the Pope and Christianity! - For religions are all led by the many wayward blind guides and false prophets who are misleading us; when only he alone was sent by the Lord God, to be always our one Teacher and to set us free from all religions … “I will raise up for them a prophet like you [Moses] from among their fellow Israelites, and I will put my words in his mouth.” - (Deuteronomy 18: 18) - “Therefore the Lord himself shall give you a sign: A young woman is with child, and she will bear a son, and will call him Immanuel.” [“God is with us”] - (The Prophet Isaiah 7: 14) - “If you have ears to hear: then hear.” - (Jesus Immanuel, at Mark 4: 23) - “God is spirit, and those who worship him must worship him in spirit and in truth.” - (Jesus, at John 4: 24) - “In truth I tell you, anyone who gives heed to what I say and puts his trust in him who sent me, has hold of eternal life and does not come up for judgement, but has already passed from death to life.” - (John 5: 24) - “Beware of false prophets, men who come to you dressed up as sheep while underneath they are savage wolves. You will recognize them by the fruits they bear.” - (at Matthew 7: 15-16) - “Any plant that is not of my heavenly Father’s planting will be rooted up. Leave them alone; they are blind guides, and if one blind man guides another they will both fall into the ditch.” - (Matthew 15: 13-14) - “Do not call any man on earth ‘father’; for you have one Father and he is in heaven. Nor must you be called ‘teacher’; you have one Teacher, the Messiah.” - (Matthew 23: 9-10) - “I am the light of the world. No follower of mine shall wander in the dark; he shall have the light of life.” - (Jesus, at John 8: 12) - “Take care that no one misleads you: For many will come claiming my name…” - (Matthew 24: 4) - “Many false prophets will arise, and will mislead many; and as lawlessness spreads, men’s love for one another will grow cold. But the man who holds out to the end will be saved. And this gospel of the Kingdom will be proclaimed throughout the earth as a testimony to all nations; and then the end will come.” - (Matthew 24: 11-14) - “You shall know the truth, and the truth will set you free.” - (John 8: 32) - “When you pray, go into a room by yourself, and shut the door. Pray to your Father who is there in the secret place; and your Father who sees what is secret will reward you. In your prayers do not go babbling on like the heathen, who imagine that the more they say the more likely they are to be heard. Do not imitate them. Your Father knows what your needs are before you ask him. This is how you should pray: Our Father in heaven, hallowed be your name, Your kingdom come; your will be done, on earth as in heaven, Give us today our daily bread, Forgive us the wrong we have done, as we have forgiven those who have wronged us. And do not bring us to the test, but save us from the evil one. For yours is the kingdom and the power and the glory, for ever. Amen. For if you forgive others the wrongs they have done, your heavenly Father will also forgive you; but if you do not forgive others, then the wrongs you have done will not be forgiven by your Father.” - (Matthew 6: 6-15) - “Pass no judgement, and you will not be judged. For as you judge others, so you will yourselves be judged, and whatever measure you deal out to others will be dealt back to you.” - (Matthew 7: 1-2) - “Truly I tell you; if anyone obeys my teaching he shall never know what it is to die.” - (John 8: 51) - “Always treat others as you would like them to treat you: that is the Law and the Prophets. Enter through the narrow gate. For wide is the gate and broad is the road that leads to destruction, and many enter through it. But small is the gate and narrow the road that leads to life and only a few find it.” - (Matthew 7: 12-14) - “I am the gate; anyone who comes into the fold through me shall be safe. He shall go in and out and shall find pasturage. The thief comes only to steal, to kill, to destroy; I have come that men may have life, and may have it in all its fullness.” - (John 10: 9-10) - “I have not come to judge the world, but to save the world” - (John 12: 47) - “Whoever then will acknowledge me before men, I will acknowledge him before my Father in heaven; and whoever disowns me before men, I will disown him before my Father in heaven.” - (Matthew 10: 32-34) - “I am the way; I am the truth and I am life; no one comes to the Father except by me. If you knew me you would know my Father too.” - (John 14: 6-7) - “The disciples came and asked Jesus, ‘Who, then, is the greatest in the kingdom of Heaven?’ He called a little child to him, and placed the child among them. And he said: ‘Truly I tell you, unless you change and become like little children, you will never enter the kingdom of Heaven. Therefore, whoever takes the lowly position of this child is the greatest in the kingdom of Heaven. And whoever welcomes one such child in my name welcomes me. If anyone causes one of these little ones-those who believe in me-to stumble, It would be better for them to have a large millstone hung around their neck and to be drowned in the depths of the sea. Woe to the world because of the things that cause people to stumble! Such things must come, but woe to the person through whom they come!’” - (Matthew 18: 1-7) - “Though many are called, few are chosen.” - (Matthew 22: 14) - “An expert in the law, [a leading religious Pharisee] tested him with this question: ‘Teacher, which is the greatest commandment in the Law?’ He answered, ‘Love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul, with all your mind. That is the greatest commandment. It comes first. The second is like it: Love your neighbour as yourself. Everything in the Law and the Prophets hangs on these two commandments.’” - (Matthew 22: 35-40) - “There is no greater love than this, that a man should lay down his life for his friends.” - (John 15: 13) - "Stay awake, and pray that you may be spared the test: The spirit is willing, but the flesh is weak." - (Matthew 26: 41) - “However, when he comes who is the Spirit of truth; he will guide you into all the truth.” - (John 16: 13) - “My task is to bear witness to the truth. For this I was born; for this I came into the world, and all who are not deaf to truth listen to my voice.” - (John 18: 37) - Yours always, in true Spirit and in our one given prayer, 2gointruth, Thursday the 10th of September, 2020: - (Matthew 5:14-16) - Where every minute (of both day and night) can be a new beginning for any one of us. Let it always be you.

@Stringfellow-xo6do 3 жыл бұрын

No new wars, first president to cross into North Korea, Israel UAE peace deal, stood up to Iran and a fraction of the body count regarding US troops and Arab civilians in the ME. Not exactly dysfunctional or inept.

@jeffrejr1 3 жыл бұрын

Israel UAE deal isn't worth the paper its printed on. North Korea is worse than its ever been he gave away a lot and got absolutely nothing.

@smartalec2001 3 жыл бұрын

@themask9909 Yeah, pretty much. Obama got the US into 5 wars and military ventures - Uganda, Libya, Yemen, Syria, and Iraq #3. W. Bush, 4 - Iraq #2, Afghanistan, Pakistan, and Somalia #2. Clinton, 3 - Sudan, Yugoslavia and Haiti. H.W. Bush, 3 - Iraq #1, Bosnia, Somalia #1. But despite some significant parts of the US Gov champing at the bit to start yet another one, this guy hasn't started any, and he's trying to stop some of the ones still going on. It's a point in his favour.

@kingda117 3 жыл бұрын

"the body count regarding US troops and Arab civilians in the ME" Is that you, Donald Trump? You talk just like him. Lie compulsively. Trump killed more civilians than Obama in the U.S. fight against ISIS in first year www.newsweek.com/trump-has-already-killed-more-civilians-obama-us-fight-against-isis-653564 www.esquire.com/news-politics/a19701368/trump-civilian-casualties-syria-iraq/ www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2016/jul/01/donald-trump-anti-terror-policies-war-crimes-waterboarding-torture www.independent.co.uk/news/world/middle-east/donald-trump-us-civilian-deaths-iraq-syria-isis-coalition-bombing-a8180331.html www.independent.co.uk/news/world/middle-east/syria-rise-civilian-deaths-russian-bombing-a8463776.html

@MormonJesusvsJesus 3 жыл бұрын

lol at the top comment having 10 likes... *goes to video praising Trump* top comment has 500+ likes... that should tell you enough about how one sided this election will be.

@gabellusgabellus6926 3 жыл бұрын

Boris 💪💪💪👏👏👏👌👌👌