Boris Johnson accused of throwing envoy Kim Darroch ‘under the bus’
UK ambassador to the US quits after Donald Trump tirade and lack of support from contender for UK premiership
10 July 2019 - 17:45
London — Britain’s ambassador to Washington quit on Wednesday after days of stinging criticism from Donald Trump, leading to accusations that Boris Johnson, the favourite to be the next British prime minister, had “thrown him under the bus”.
Memos from Kim Darroch in which he described the Trump administration as inept were leaked to a British Sunday newspaper, infuriating the US president, who launched a Twitter attack on both the envoy and outgoing British Prime Minister Theresa May, who had given Darroch her full support...
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