[ulfw]

Most 'diplomats' of the new USA are just grifters like Witkoff or Kushner. Real estate people cosplaying diplomats.

The US as the world has known it is gone

https://apnews.com/article/france-us-ambassador-kushner-far-...

[Freak_NL]

Belgium too:

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/feb/18/belgium-invest...

And of course Joe Popolo in the Netherlands:

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/nov/11/displays-black...

(He later doubled down on the decision to erase any mention of the racial segregation black US soldiers were submitted to while serving in the army during WWII.)

[shantara]

Another example from Denmark: https://edition.cnn.com/2026/01/28/europe/us-embassy-copenha...

[pjc50]

By no means exclusive to the US (e.g. Peter Mandelson).

[lostlogin]

We do a mini version of that corruption here in New Zealand too. Owen Glen was a donor who got a diplomatic posting to Monaco.

https://www.odt.co.nz/news/politics/key-concerned-murkiness-...

[ragall]

Definitely exclusive to the US due to the degree to which US presidents have been doing it.