--- title: Trump Disinvites U.K. Envoy From Dinner in Diplomatic Feud description: U.K. Ambassador Kim Darroch was disinvited from a dinner that U.S. Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin is hosting Monday. canonical: https://time.com/5622419/trump-disinvites-uk-envoy-kim-darroch/ author: TIME article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2019-07-08T23:14:54.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-02-23T23:56:05.982Z article:section: Politics og:title: President Trump Disinvites U.K. Envoy From Dinner With Qatar’s Emir in Diplomatic Feud og:description: Trump tweeted his government "will no longer deal with" Darroch following the leaked memos og:url: https://time.com/5622419/trump-disinvites-uk-envoy-kim-darroch/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blta0ce6c3c77b76898/6989ffad4ee2629985315ec8/gettyimages-632027338.jpg?branch=production&width=2400&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: British Embassy Holds Afternoon Tea To Mark Presidential Inauguration In DC og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: President Trump Disinvites U.K. Envoy From Dinner With Qatar’s Emir in Diplomatic Feud twitter:description: Trump tweeted his government "will no longer deal with" Darroch following the leaked memos twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blta0ce6c3c77b76898/6989ffad4ee2629985315ec8/gettyimages-632027338.jpg?branch=production&width=2400&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # President Trump Disinvites U.K. Envoy From Dinner With Qatar’s Emir in Diplomatic Feud by [Justin Sink / Bloomberg](https://time.com/author/bloomberg/) ## Justin Sink / Bloomberg Jul 8, 2019 11:14 PM UTC  British Ambassador Kim Darroch speaks at an Afternoon Tea hosted by the British Embassy to mark the U.S. Presidential Inauguration at The British Embassy in Washington, D.C. on January 18, 2017. British Ambassador Kim Darroch speaks at an Afternoon Tea hosted by the British Embassy to mark the U.S. Presidential Inauguration at The British Embassy in Washington, D.C. on January 18, 2017.Paul Morigi—Getty Images by [Justin Sink / Bloomberg](https://time.com/author/bloomberg/) ## Justin Sink / Bloomberg Jul 8, 2019 11:14 PM UTC U.K. Ambassador Kim Darroch was disinvited from a dinner that U.S. Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin is hosting Monday with President Donald Trump and the emir of Qatar, according to a U.S. official. The move to pull the invitation comes as Trump tweeted his government “will no longer deal with” Darroch following the publication this weekend of leaked cables and memos in which the ambassador derided the U.S. president. Trump made the announcement in the second of two tweets criticizing outgoing U.K. Prime Minister Theresa May for her handling of Brexit. “What a mess she and her representatives have created,” he said. Mnuchin is hosting the dinner for Sheikh Tamim Bin Hamad Al Thani the night before the emir meets on Tuesday with Trump at the White House. The U.K. Foreign Office is investigating the leak after the Mail on Sunday newspaper published cables and briefing notes in which Darroch called Trump “inept” and “incompetent” and his White House “uniquely dysfunctional.” Trump made a state visit to the U.K. last month and met with May, who will resign after failing to persuade Parliament to adopt her Brexit plan. Foreign Secretary Jeremy Hunt, who is vying to replace her, distanced himself from Darroch’s communications, calling them “a personal view.” A Foreign Office spokeswoman said U.K. diplomats are expected to be candid in reports back home and described the leak of Darroch’s communications as “mischievous behavior.” –With assistance from Alex Morales and Kitty Donaldson. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/5622419/trump-disinvites-uk-envoy-kim-darroch/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/5622419/trump-disinvites-uk-envoy-kim-darroch/"},"headline":"President Trump Disinvites U.K. Envoy From Dinner With Qatar’s Emir in Diplomatic Feud","datePublished":"2019-07-08T23:14:54.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-23T23:56:05.982Z","description":"Trump tweeted his government \"will no longer deal with\" Darroch following the leaked memos","url":"https://time.com/5622419/trump-disinvites-uk-envoy-kim-darroch/","keywords":["White House","United Kingdom","onetime"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blta0ce6c3c77b76898/6989ffad4ee2629985315ec8/gettyimages-632027338.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Justin Sink / Bloomberg"}],"articleSection":"Politics","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blta0ce6c3c77b76898/6989ffad4ee2629985315ec8/gettyimages-632027338.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"British Embassy Holds Afternoon Tea To Mark Presidential Inauguration In DC","caption":"British Embassy Holds Afternoon Tea To Mark Presidential Inauguration In DC","creditText":"Paul Morigi—Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/politics/","name":"Politics"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/white-house/","name":"White House"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/5622419/trump-disinvites-uk-envoy-kim-darroch/","name":"President Trump Disinvites U.K. Envoy From Dinner With Qatar’s Emir in Diplomatic Feud"}}]}] ```