simple, even blunt. writing in an early memo that the president may even be indebted to, i love this phrase, dodgy russians. the president yesterday said he would cut ties with the ambassador and even disinvited darroch from last night's dinner with the emir of qatar. >> we will continue to deal with all accredited individuals until we get any further guidance from the white house or the president, which we of course will abide by the president's direction. >> so you have not received any instruction from the white house to cut contacts with the embassy or the ambassador? >> no. >> the british government says it is investigating how the leak occurred, but defended their ambassador saying they expect our ambassadors to provide ministers with an honest, unvarnished assessment of politics in their country. also in today's morning tweets, president trump again went after britain's outgoing prime minister theresa may in how she handled brexit. trump tweeted, "i told theresa