A former New Zealand prime minister denounced the firing, calling it “a very thin excuse” for removing a “highly respected” former foreign minister from his role.

Winston Churchill, in a famous speech in Fulton, Mo., stated that a Soviet Union "Iron Curtain" had "descended across" Europe.

A dreadful moment for Ukraine, for the free world, for the legacy of an America that once stood for the principles of the Atlantic Charter.

Phil Goff, who was New Zealand's High Commissioner to the UK, contrasted Donald Trump with Sir Winston Churchill as he slammed the US President.