Ambassadors hand. But on twitter today, the president called darroch a wacky and very stupid guy whom he will no longer deal with. The ambassador has not served the uk well. I can tell you that. Were not big fans of that man. Reporter but tempers flared when the daily mail recently published leaked cables from darroch to the British Government describing the Trump Administration as dysfunctional, unpredictable, clumsy and inept. Ambassadors routinely send home candid dispatches from their posting, but rarely do they become public. The president s tirade grew the ire of jeremy hunt, who is vying to be the next Prime Minister. Hunt vowed to deep darroch on. If i am elected Prime Minister, the ambassador in washington stays because its our decision. Reporter in november, the ambassador described his role to cbs news. Diplomacy is about protecting and taking forward British National interests and objectives. And thats what i think every diplomat working for every National Government around
The gulf coast. Our business has just tanked. Axelrod and we remember ross perot, a selfmade billionaire and president ial candidate who called them as he saw them. There will be a giant sucking sound going south. Axelrod good evening. Im jim axelrod. And this is our western edition. The calls are growing louder labor secretary alex acosta to resign over his handling of the secret plea deal that gave the wealthy investor Jeffrey Epstein an uncommonly light sentence in a sex trafficking case 11 years ago. Acosta was a federal prosecutor in south florida at the time. Today President Trump weighed in saying acostas very good at his job, but mr. Trump did add he will take a closer look at the case. And in the oval office, paula reid had a chance to ask the president about his relationship with epstein. Reporter President Trump once considered Jeffrey Epstein a friend, but today he distanced himself from the convicted sex offender. I was not a fan of his, that i can tell you. Reporter but m