Guest essay by Eric Worrall
President-elect Trump has piled pressure on the British political establishment, which almost universally backed Clinton, by suggesting Climate Skeptic UKIP leader Nigel Farage should be Britain’s Ambassador to the USA.
Trump: Farage Would do ‘Great Job’ As UK Ambassador to USA
President-elect Donald J. Trump has ostensibly thrown his support behind the idea of UK Independence Party (UKIP) leader Nigel Farage becoming the British Ambassador to the United States in a tweet issued late on Monday night.
The next president of the United States issued the statement, unprompted, via his Twitter feed, stating that the idea was popular amongst “many people” in a move that is sure to set the British political establishment into a further tailspin.
Many people would like to see @Nigel_Farage represent Great Britain as their Ambassador to the United States. He would do a great job!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) November 22, 2016
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Read more: http://www.breitbart.com/london/2016/11/21/trump-farage-great-job-uk-ambassador-usa/
Nigel Farage has spent most of his political career thumbing his nose at establishment politicians, tirelessly campaigning against the encroaching green tyranny of the neo-Soviet European Union. Farage was the driving force behind the successful Brexit campaign. Farage has survived a nasty plane crash, a suspicious car accident, and who knows what else. Farage also spoke up for Trump, shared a stage with Trump, when establishment European politicians were almost universally cozying up to the Clinton campaign.
British establishment politicians are on the horns of a dilemma. If they ignore Trump’s request, well thats not a great way to start a relationship with the new President, a relationship which is already on shaky ground thanks to their insulting behaviour during the Presidential campaign. But if the British government appoints Farage as their new ambassador, for some in Britain it will be an intolerable elevation of a maverick who has spent years poking their self serving complacency with a sharp stick.
I once had the privilege of spending 20 minutes one on one with Farage, at the London launch of James Delingpole’s book Watermelons. Farage is the same in person as he is in public, he simply doesn’t give a stuff about playing by the usual rules of politics – like someone else we all know.
Update (EW): Nigel Farage responds – I am prepared to help Britain work with President Trump
Update (EW): Britain responds – ‘No vacancy’ for Farage as ambassador
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I had hoped Kellyanne Conway would take Trump’s Twitter account away from him; somebody needs to. Maybe Trump could appoint an official Administration Twit, whose job it would be to tweet for the President.
Conducting diplomacy by Twitter is almost as dumb as hiring Kanye West as your PR director.
“Conducting diplomacy by Twitter is almost as dumb as…”
Why?! Seems well suited in certain aspects. GK
Someone please tell me where the tweet says Trump is going to invade England if Farage is not made ambassador? It’s a comment not a request or demand .
Conventional wisdom is that ambassadors are appointed by the country they represent, not the country to which they are being posted.
They need to have the confidence of their home government to act in accordance with the policies set by their home government.
It is utterly evident that Farage could not be relied upon to act as instructed – the UK does not need a loose cannon in the US. This is nothing more than simple mischief making on the part of Trump as I am sure he knows.
“It is utterly evident that Farage could not be relied upon to act as instructed”
Is it?
Why?
He’s not a member of “The Club”.
How do you say DELICIOUS in British?
BREXIT VICI
Trump softens position on climate change,
U.S. President-elect Donald Trump softened his stance on Tuesday on whether humans have played a role in causing climate change, according to New York Times reporters who attended an interview with the Republican.
Trump has previously described global warming as a hoax and earlier this month one of his aides told Reuters that the New York businessman was seeking quick ways to withdraw the United States from the 2015 Paris accord to combat climate change.
On Tuesday, Trump told the Times he thinks there is “some connectivity” between human activity and climate change, reporter Mike Grynbaum tweeted. “It depends on how much,” the reporter quoted Trump as saying.
http://uk.reuters.com/article/uk-usa-trump-idUKKBN13H1NT?il=0
“U.S. President-elect Donald Trump softened his stance on Tuesday on whether humans have played a role in causing climate change, according to New York Times reporters who attended an interview with the Republican.”
“According to New York Times reporters”. That should set alarm bells off in your brain. Don’t believe anything New York Times reporters tell you about Donald Trump. You know they are going to deliberately misinterpret anything Trump says.
The author is a “green” advocate and Washington DC
stringer for myriad mainstream media outlets, but now
principally via media leviathan, Thomson Reuters.
See her c.v., at the appropriately named…. “Muckrack”
read all her previous made up stories (a waste of time),
where she spent months attacking Trump and promoting
Clinton, with what I believe to be deliberately fake stories.
https://muckrack.com/roberta-rampton
Then there’s “Fake News” exposed by Wikileaks …
http://www.ronpaullibertyreport.com/uploads/2/7/6/1/27619303/journalists-wiki-tw.jpg
Trump can always send Farage to the UK as a US ambassador 😉
Provided, of course, the Senate would confirm him.
I don’t believe Senate confirmation is needed for ambassadors.
Yes they are: http://mail.ificlaims.com:2095/
U.S. Constitution Article II Section 2.
[…] and he [the President] shall nominate, and by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, shall appoint ambassadors […]
Eric,
‘Trump: Climate Skeptic Nigel Farage “would do a great job” as UK Ambassador’
Climate skeptic? . . Why not just call him an idiot?
Non-starter. The UK does not make political appointments to the diplomatic service. Ambassadors are career diplomats who spend their time keeping out of the limelight as much as possible. The best way to stall your career is to become a public figure and this used to be followed by moving into politics as the only thing left for a failed diplomat!
“Another fine mess you’ve gotten us into Nigel”
British ministers blame Theresa May over ‘terrible handling’ of Donald Trump’s election victory
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2016/11/22/theresa-mays-ministers-defy-terrible-handling-donald-trumps/
Good link – an utter mess of their own making.
Republican lead singer: “It’s getting better all the time…”
Democrat background singer: “Can’t get much worse”…
It’s getting * so much * better * all the time!
About two years ago many of the people writing comments in this excellent blog were certain that the science had pretty well gotten to the point were the climate alarmists were toast. I expressed the opinion that the politics was what really counted and that they should get ready for a major political offensive…that the science was not the determining factor anymore.
Not long after that, Obama decided it was time to push this thing. Next thing you know it had its tentacles into the State Department, the DOD, and pretty much everywhere. We were getting ready to get clobbered.
Then came The Donald. Bless his little heart. The tide of battle is going in our favor again (for the time being). Let’s hope it lasts!
Nevertheless, PM Theresa May campaigned to remain in the European Union, and the argument you make cuts both ways. The majority of voters who voted for Brexit need to have confidence that the home government can be trusted to act in accordance with the referendum.
And leaving the European Union was clearly a vote to leave the single market and negotiate trade deals with the rest of the world. I think it is a decent request from a potential major trading partner, and something PM May can easily accommodate in order to show good faith to voters, whose economy is exiting that insular, failing little European paid membership club very soon.
I realize it is probable Ms May just wants to repackage globalist policies and trade deals to make them seem nicer to those who are most damaged by them. In the meantime Nigel Farage would make a fine ambassador to the US.
I can see why you like Trump. You’re as fond of making things up as he is.