Donald Trump ordered the removal of UK ambassador Kim Darroch after his cables leaked.
John Bolton tells @Telegraph the president called and said “get him out of here”.
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He says around 6am or 7am - which was early for the president...
Bolton said “things are going to get worse unless you can figure out how to get him out”.
A US president was demanding Britain remove our man in Washington.
One ex-White House source who dealt with the fallout called him “furious” and “white hot” over the demand.
In the end Darroch fell on his sword. Cables dropped July 7 2019. Resignation announcement came three days later - July 10.
I asked Prof Tony Badger, who once held Cambridge Uni’s most prodigious US history post, if he could think of another example.
He could not.