Britain’s Ambassador to the United States has been effectively declared persona non grata by the President of the United States.

It was 9:22pm New York time on November 22nd 2016 when President-elect Donald J. Trump tweeted in support of Nigel Farage becoming the new British Ambassador to the United States.

I had to rub my eyes a few times when it happened. We had just been to visit with the President-elect a few weeks prior. There were rumors he would swing by a Christmas party we were due to attend in a few weeks. It was all very exciting stuff.

I’m just a boy from Uxbridge. I had no designs on being involved in politics, and certainly not at this level. Nevertheless I was the one tasked with waking up Nigel at 2:22am London time to deliver the news.

Many people would like to see @Nigel_Farage represent Great Britain as their Ambassador to the United States. He would do a great job! — Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) November 22, 2016

Nigel is a night owl, but when he goes to sleep, you don’t wake him. Except in emergency situations. So when I roused him early in the morning I had to start the call with, “Don’t worry, everything’s alright, but there’s something you should know about before the morning”.

“Okay… what is it?” he asked, sheepishly.

I imagine Nigel is the type of guy who rarely gets good news in the middle of the night. Especially not from staffers or former staffers.

“Well, uh, Trump has just tweeted that you should be the next Ambassador to Washington,” I reported to him.

There was a pause.

“Crikey,” he said. Or it might have been “Blimey”. I forget which. He then remarked upon how flattering the President-elect was.

“Well, thanks for letting me know,” he closed the conversation, and hung up the phone.

I just spoke to @Nigel_Farage (yes I woke him up) about the @realDonaldTrump tweet. Safe to say he was enormously flattered. — Raheem Kassam (@RaheemKassam) November 22, 2016

In a few hours, the United Kingdom would wake up, and journalists would immediately begin issuing tweets pouring scorn on the President-elect and his idea.