Former Labour leader Phil Goff overstepped in his comments about United States President Donald Trump – despite being “right” he “was not diplomatic”, a foreign relations expert says. Asking a question of Finnish Foreign Affairs Minister Elina Valtonen at a Chatham House event in London,

New Zealand's High Commissioner to the UK, Phil Goff, lost his job after making comments about US President Donald Trump at a Chatham House event. His reference to a Winston Churchill speech led to dismissal.

A former UK High Commissioner says the Foreign Minister was left with “no choice” but to strip Phil Goff of the role after public comments about Trump. Former High Commissioner to the UK, Sir Lockwood said Winston Peters criticising the comments would “not have been enough” and Goff overstepped a diplomatic boundary when he made the comments.

The foreign affairs minister says as UK High Commissioner, Phil Goff was acting as 'the face of New Zealand' and had to be sacked after comments about Donald Trump.