New Zealand’s high commissioner to the UK loses job after Trump comments
Phil Goff questioned Donald Trump’s grasp of history at a Chatham House event in London, prompting the foreign minister to say his position is ‘untenable’
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You're Fired: Top New Zealand Diplomat Loses Job Over Remarks About President Donald Trump
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NZ sacks high commissioner to UK over comments critical of Trump
NZ Foreign Minister Winston Peters said in a statement that Mr Goff's comments were "deeply disappointing". "They do not represent the views of the NZ government and make his position as high commissioner to London untenable," he said. New Zealand's top bureaucrat in the NZ Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade, Bede Corry, was working with Mr Goff on a transition to a new ambassador, Mr Peters added. Mr Goff, a former foreign minister and MP in the centre-left Labour Party, was appointed high commissioner to the UK in 2023.
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New Zealand's most senior diplomat in London loses his job over remarks about President Trump
New Zealand’s most senior envoy to the United Kingdom has lost his job over remarks he made about U.S. President Donald Trump at an event in London this week, New Zealand‘s foreign minister said Thursday.
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New Zealand will sack its top diplomat in London after he made a “deeply disappointing” remark questioning Donald Trump’s grasp of history, the foreign minister said Thursday. High Commissioner to the United Kingdom Phil Goff questioned whether the US president “really understands history” during a panel discussion about Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. The comments were “deeply disappointing”, said a spokesman for New Zealand Foreign Minister Winston Peters.
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