New Zealand dismissed its High Commissioner to Britain on Thursday after he likened a U.S.-led initiative to end the Russia-Ukraine conflict appeasement and questioned President Trump's understanding of history.

Ambassador to the UK recalled after comparing Trump’s bid to end the war in Ukraine to the appeasement of Nazi Germany.

President Trump has restored the bust of Churchill to the Oval Office. But do you think he really understands history?” the New Zealand diplomat asked.

New Zealand will sack its top diplomat in London after he made a "deeply disappointing" remark questioning Donald Trump's grasp of history, the foreign minister said Thursday. High Commissioner to the United Kingdom Phil Goff questioned whether the U.

New Zealand’s government criticised Phil Goff’s comments on Trump, calling them a breach of diplomatic protocol.

New Zealand’s top diplomat in the United Kingdom was fired after making comments about President Trump in London earlier this week. New Zealand’s high commissioner to the U.K., Phil