New Zealand has sacked its most senior envoy to the United Kingdom after he questioned US President Donald Trump’s grasp of history. At a Chatham House event in London on Tuesday, High Commissioner Phil Goff likened efforts to end the war between Russia and Ukraine with the 1938 Munich Agreement with Adolf Hitler,

Phil Goff compared Trump’s efforts to end the ongoing Russia-Ukraine war and the 1938 Munich Agreement, which allowed Adolf Hitler's annexation of Czechoslovakia.

Phil Goff, who is New Zealand's high commissioner to the UK, made the comments at an event held by the international affairs think tank Chatham House in London on Tuesday.