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On July the 3rd 2008, following the defeat at the November 2007 election, Downer announced his retirement from parliment and said he would give his resignation as the Member for Mayo to the Governor-General on the 14th of July.<ref>http://www.alexanderdowner.com.au/Pages/Article.aspx?ID=2366</ref> He was made Visiting Professor of International Politics at the University of Adelaide's School of History & Politics<ref>http://www.adelaide.edu.au/adelaidean/issues/28301/news28381.html</ref> by the Vice Chancellor Professor James McWha. The position entitles him to call himself Professor Downer. He was appointed High Commissioner to the United Kingdom, commonly referred to as "Ambassador" in American media, and served from 2014 to 2018.<ref>Technically, the Queen of England is the [[Head of State]] of Australia, so Downer is not really the representative of a "foreign" government, as Americans would know it. Hence Downer's title is High Commissioner, representing the interests of Australia in London. American media know him as "Ambassador," a distinction without a difference.</ref>
On July the 3rd 2008, following the defeat at the November 2007 election, Downer announced his retirement from parliment and said he would give his resignation as the Member for Mayo to the Governor-General on the 14th of July.<ref>http://www.alexanderdowner.com.au/Pages/Article.aspx?ID=2366</ref> He was made Visiting Professor of International Politics at the University of Adelaide's School of History & Politics<ref>http://www.adelaide.edu.au/adelaidean/issues/28301/news28381.html</ref> by the Vice Chancellor Professor James McWha. The position entitles him to call himself Professor Downer. He was appointed High Commissioner to the United Kingdom, commonly referred to as "Ambassador" in American media, and served from 2014 to 2018.<ref>Technically, the Queen of England is the [[Head of State]] of Australia, so Downer is not really the representative of a "foreign" government, as Americans would know it. Hence Downer's title is High Commissioner, representing the interests of Australia in London. American media know him as "Ambassador," a distinction without a difference.</ref>
==Trump-Russia hoax==
==Trump-Russia hoax==:''Main article:'' [[Trump-Russia collusion hoax]]
The shadowy private security firm of Hakluyt colluded with [[John Brennan]] to bring about an FBI [[counterintelligence]] investigation of the [[2016 Trump campaign]] and rig the American election.
The shadowy private security firm of Hakluyt colluded with [[John Brennan]] to bring about an FBI [[counterintelligence]] investigation of the [[2016 Trump campaign]] and rig the American election.
===George Papadopoulos===
===George Papadopoulos===
The meeting between [[George Papadopoulos]], a low-level Trump campaign volunteer, and Alexander Downer was portrayed in American [[fake news]] media as a chance encounter in a London pub.<ref>https://mobile.nytimes.com/2017/12/30/us/politics/how-fbi-russia-investigation-began-george-papadopoulos.html?smid=tw-nytimes&smtyp=cur </ref> It wasn't. It was an entrapment sting designed to justify [[FBI]] surveillance of the Trump campaign.<ref>https://nypost.com/2018/05/19/cambridge-professor-outed-as-fbi-informant-inside-trump-campaign/ </ref>
The meeting between [[George Papadopoulos]], a low-level Trump campaign volunteer, and Alexander Downer was portrayed in American [[fake news]] media as a chance encounter in a London pub.<ref>https://mobile.nytimes.com/2017/12/30/us/politics/how-fbi-russia-investigation-began-george-papadopoulos.html?smid=tw-nytimes&smtyp=cur </ref> It wasn't. It was an entrapment sting designed to justify [[FBI]] surveillance of the Trump campaign.<ref>https://nypost.com/2018/05/19/cambridge-professor-outed-as-fbi-informant-inside-trump-campaign/ </ref>