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New Zealand\u2019s most senior diplomat to the U.K. was fired after seeming to question President Donald Trump\u2019s understanding of history and his handling of Russia. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Phil Goff, who was serving as New Zealand\u2019s high commissioner to the U.K., apparently tried to draw a contrast between Winston Churchill\u2019s handling of Nazi Germany and Trump\u2019s approach to Russia. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The\u00a0New Zealand\u00a0official said he was re-reading a famous Churchill speech from 1938 in which the British leader blasts then-Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain\u2019s decision to sign the Munich Agreement with Adolf Hitler.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“President Trump has restored the bust of Churchill to the Oval Office. But do you think he really understands history?,” Goff asked<\/a> Finnish Foreign Minister Elina Valtonen, referencing the bust seen during President Trump’s heated exchange with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Valtonen seemed uncomfortable with the question, saying she would “limit” herself in her response. Rather than saying anything about Trump, the Finnish official said many of Churchill\u2019s remarks were “timeless.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

When speaking with media, New Zealand Foreign Minister Winston Peters, who fired Goff, called the diplomat\u2019s question “deeply disappointing.” He also said that it made “his position as high commissioner to London untenable.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Peters called Goff\u2019s firing “one of the most difficult” things he has had to do in his career. He also said that had the former high commissioner made the statement about any other nation, he would have been “forced to act,” implying that the firing was not because Goff specifically insulted Trump. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

“When you\u2019re in that position, you represent the views of the government and the policies of the day \u2013 you\u2019re not able to free-think, you are the face of New Zealand,” Peters told the press<\/a> on Thursday.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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