Mar 6, 2025, 8:42 PM
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New Zealand removes high commissioner to Britain for anti-Trump comments  
New Zealand's Ambassador to London Phil Goff

New Zealand's foreign minister expels Ambassador Phil Goff who had said in a public speech that U.S. President Donald Trump does not understand history.

New Zealand’s high commissioner to the United Kingdom has lost his job after he publicly made remarks complaining the policies of U.S. President Donald Trump.

At a public Chatham House event in London, where Finnish Foreign Minister Elina Valtonen was speaking on how to keep the peace with Russia, Phil Goff referred to comments by Winston Churchill in 1938 after Germany’s annexation of part of Czechoslovakia. “He turned to [prime minister Neville] Chamberlain, he said, ‘You had the choice between war and dishonor. You chose dishonor, yet you will have war’,” Goff said.

“President Trump has restored the bust of Churchill to the Oval Office. But do you think he really understands history?” Goff asked, which garnered laughs from the audience.

Speaking to the media on Thursday, New Zealand’s Foreign Minister Winston Peters said Goff’s comments were “disappointing” and made the envoy’s position “untenable.”

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