Diplomacy 101: Don't make unnecessary comments on foreign election candidates.
This happened in 2016 in Singapore as well, where my former prime minister in his infinite wisdom thought its a good idea to say "I dont think Trump will win" when questioned about the TPP (Trans-Pacific Partnership) agreement.
Singapore did not have a US ambassador for the subsequent 4 years…. and probably fully sponsored the entire Trump-Kim summit…. (not to mentioned we bought a lot of 747s for Singapore Airlines…)
