{"id":2410654,"date":"2025-03-06T17:29:59","date_gmt":"2025-03-06T22:29:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/top-foreign-diplomat-pays-the-price-two-days-after-wwii-jab-against-trump\/"},"modified":"2025-03-06T17:30:48","modified_gmt":"2025-03-06T22:30:48","slug":"top-foreign-diplomat-pays-the-price-two-days-after-wwii-jab-against-trump","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/top-foreign-diplomat-pays-the-price-two-days-after-wwii-jab-against-trump\/","title":{"rendered":"Top Foreign Diplomat Pays the Price Two Days After WWII Jab Against Trump"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">26<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Ftop-foreign-diplomat-pays-the-price-two-days-after-wwii-jab-against-trump%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2410654&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Phil Goff,New Zealand&#8217;s High Commissioner too the UK,was dismissed following his controversial comments comparing President Donald Trump\u200d to British\u2062 Prime Minister Neville \u200dChamberlain,who famously appeased Adolf hitler before World \u200bWar\u200b II. During an event in London, Goff referenced the 1938 Munich Agreement \u2064and expressed skepticism about Trump&#8217;s\u200d understanding of history, particularly regarding Winston Churchill&#8217;s\u200b approach\u2062 to nazi Germany. New Zealand&#8217;s Foreign\u200d Minister Winston\u2062 Peters deemed \u2064Goff&#8217;s remarks &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/california-deputy-said-he-was-shot-in-line-of-duty-he-shot-himself\/\" title=\"California Deputy Said He Was Shot In Line Of Duty. He Shot Himself.\">deeply disappointing<\/a>&#8221; and \u2062stated they made his\u2064 position &#8220;untenable,&#8221;\u2064 emphasizing that diplomats are\u2063 expected to represent their\u200b government&#8217;s\u200b views \u2062without personal opinions. \u2064peters clarified \u200dthat Goff was not\u2064 punished for his\u2062 critique of America but \u200dfor \u200binappropriate conduct as a representative of New\u200b Zealand.\u2062 The \u2063incident occurs against\u200c the\u2062 backdrop of ongoing discussions \u200dabout Trump\u2019s \u2063<a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\">foreign \u200cpolicy<\/a>,particularly \u2062concerning Russia and\u200d Ukraine.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<section> \t\t\t\t<script>console.log(\"ad slot (AC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC2)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC3)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC4)\")<\/script><\/p>\n<p>A New Zealand diplomat who tried to infer that President Donald Trump was guilty of appeasement in the style of a British leader who gave way to Adolf Hitler has paid the price for his comment.<\/p>\n<p>New Zealand High Commissioner Phil Goff, who was his country&rsquo;s top diplomat in Great Britain, was fired, New Zealand Foreign Minister Winston Peters said, according to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/articles\/cp3yew446k5o\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">BBC<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>During a Tuesday event in London, Goff linked <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/trump-sign-executive-order-abolish-department-education-report\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Trump<\/a> with the 1938 Munich Agreement, through which British Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain acquiesced to Nazi Germany&rsquo;s annexation of part of Czechoslovakia.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Phil Goff, who was serving as <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/un-calls-on-putin-regime-to-release-navalny-supporters\/\" title=\"UN calls on Putin regime to release Navalny &amp; supporters\">high commissioner<\/a> to the UK, seemingly tried to compare Winston Churchill&rsquo;s handling of Nazi Germany to Trump&rsquo;s approach to Russia. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/zelena?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#zelena<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/WwzCUBSLRg\">pic.twitter.com\/WwzCUBSLRg<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; John Quigg Jr. (@johnquiggjr) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/johnquiggjr\/status\/1897693565242736794?\">March 6, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p> <script type=\"text\/javascript\"> \t\t\tif ( getCookie( \"ff_subbed\" ) ) { \t\t\t\tdocument.getElementById(\"stnvideo\").remove() \t\t\t} \t\t<\/script> <\/p>\n<p>Goff said, he had been reading about the agreement and quoted a remark Wisnton Churchill made to Chamberlain: &ldquo;You had the choice between war and dishonor. You chose dishonor, yet you will have war.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Goff followed that up with a comment about Trump.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;President Trump has restored the bust of Churchill to the Oval Office. But do you think he really understands history?&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Peters called the comment &ldquo;deeply disappointing&rdquo; and said it made Goff&rsquo;s position &ldquo;untenable.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;When you are in that position you represent the government and the policies of the day. You&rsquo;re not able to free think. You are the face of New Zealand,&rdquo; he said.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;It&rsquo;s not the way you behave as the front face of a country, diplomatically,&rdquo; he said.<\/p>\n<p>Finnish Foreign Minister Elina Valtonen, who was the target of Goff&rsquo;s question, said she would &ldquo;limit myself&rdquo; to saying Churchill &ldquo;has made very timeless remarks,&rdquo; according to the <a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/trump-goff-zealand-uk-diplomat-chatham-london-3c3a55e5b45170da815f76ff5873ab70\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Associated Press<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Peters said, Goff was fired not because he jabbed America, but because the comment was <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/big-zelenskyy-mess-meeting-trump-just-look-us-warplanes-oval-office-disaster\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">not appropriate<\/a> in any context, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2025\/03\/06\/world\/asia\/new-zealand-uk-phil-goff-trump.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The New York Times<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;If he had made that comment about Germany, France, Tonga or Samoa, I&rsquo;d have been forced to take this action,&rdquo; Peters said.<\/p>\n<p>Trump has made achieving an end to the war between Ukraine and Russia a top priority and has rebuked Ukraine for what he has denounced as its preference to achieve an unlikely military victory over ending the conflict.<\/p>\n<p>On Tuesday, during his address to a joint session of Congress, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/zelenskyy-appears-relent-day-us-aid-freeze-ready-work-president-trumps-strong-leadership\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Trump<\/a> said he received a message from Ukrainian President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/big-zelenskyy-mess-meeting-trump-just-look-us-warplanes-oval-office-disaster\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Volodymyr Zelenskyy<\/a>&nbsp;indicating an interest in peace.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">This was the Democrats response when President Trump mentioned PEACE in Ukraine.<\/p>\n<p>They have no interest in peace. Only endless wars. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/9R5y9G7ziS\">pic.twitter.com\/9R5y9G7ziS<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Derrick Evans (@DerrickEvans4WV) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/DerrickEvans4WV\/status\/1897618413557620796?\">March 6, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Simultaneously, we&rsquo;ve had serious discussions with Russia. Then, I&rsquo;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/us-citizens-at-ukraine-hotel-survived-russian-strike-zelensky\/\" title=\"US citizens at ... hotel survived Russian strike: Zelensky\">ve received strong signals<\/a> that they are ready for peace. Wouldn&rsquo;t that be beautiful? Wouldn&rsquo;t that be beautiful? Wouldn&rsquo;t that be beautiful?&rdquo; Trump said, according to a transcript by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2025\/03\/04\/us\/politics\/transcript-trump-speech-congress.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The New York Times<\/a>.<\/p>\n<div style=\"position: relative;\">\n<div class=\"ff-fancy-header-container\"> \t\t\t \t<\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-submit-correction inner-content\">\n<div class=\"correction-form\">\n<form style=\"display: none;\">\n<div class=\"sc-name-field\"> \t\t\t\t\t\t<label>* Name<\/label> \t\t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"text\" name=\"name\" required> \t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"sc--field\"> \t\t\t\t\t\t<label>* <\/label> \t\t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"text\" name=\"\" required> \t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<p> \t\t\t\t\t<label>* Message<\/label> \t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t<textarea name=\"message\" required><\/textarea> \t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<div class=\"required-message\" style=\"display: none; padding-bottom: 15px;\">* All fields are required.<\/div>\n<p> \t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"submit\" value=\"Submit\" onclick=\"event.preventDefault(); firefly_sc();\"> \t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<div class=\"firefly-sc-confirm\" style=\"display: none;\">Success!<\/div>\n<\/p><\/form>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p> \t\t<script> \t\t\tfunction firefly_sc() { \t\t\t\tif( typeof window.captchaPublicKey==typeof undefined ){ \t\t\t\t\tconsole.error('window.captchaPublicKey is not defined'); \t\t\t\t} \t\t\t\tgrecaptcha.execute( window.captchaPublicKey, { action: 'submit_correction' } ).then( function( token ) { \t\t\t\t\tvar opts={ \t\t\t\t\t\taction:    'firefly_sc_submit', \t\t\t\t\t\tname:      document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"name\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\t:     document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\tmessage:   document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"message\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\tpost_id:   firefly_post_id, \t\t\t\t\t\tcap_token: token \t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\tvar inputs=[ 'name', '', 'message' ];  \t\t\t\t\tfor( var i=0; i <inputs.length; i++ ) if( ! 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Goff, the High Commissioner in the UK, made this remark during an event in London, linking Trump to the 1938 Munich Agreement. 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