This archive report was first published on 10 October 2019.
On October 10, 2019, US Ambassador to Kenya Kyle McCarter expressed his disappointment with Kenyan blogger Robert Alai for disrespecting President Trump.
Alai's outburst came in response to a tweet by President Trump, in which he warned Turkey against taking any action he deemed unacceptable.
"As I have stated strongly before, and just to reiterate, if Turkey does anything that I, in my great and unmatched wisdom, consider to be off-limits, I will totally destroy and obliterate the economy of Turkey (I’ve done before!) They must, with Europe and others, watch over," Trump’s tweet stated.
Alai, however, responded by tagging Ambassador McCarter and advising him to 'tame your boss,' saying, "Idiot! You have no guts, skills, strategy or even power to destroy Turkey. Stop scaremongering. Hey, Kyle McCarter, your boss is being a dick. Tame him,"
Ambassador McCarter responded by saying, "Foul language and disrespect," clearly disapproving of Alai's behavior.
Ambassador McCarter was appointed as the US ambassador to Kenya in 2018, succeeding Robert Godec.
