Britain's contest for prime minister roiled by Trump's attack on envoy to Washington
LONDON - President Donald Trump's full-throated attack on Britain's ambassador to Washington is roiling the race for prime minister, putting the Trump-friendly front-runner in an awkward spot.
The extraordinary diplomatic spat between Britain and the United States, a historically close alliance, has erupted just two weeks before a party leadership vote determines who will replace Prime Minister Theresa May.
Trump has all but demanded the removal of Britain's envoy to the United States, Kim Darroch, after a British tabloid's publication of leaked diplomatic cables in which the ambassador depicted the U.S. president and his administration as "inept" and "dysfunctional."
Since the report's
