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JohnTHaller | 4 days ago

The US doesn't have diplomats anymore. Just Republican donors with no experience. Hell, Trump's son-in-law Jared Kushner's dad is a diplomat. A really bad one.

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expedition32|4 days ago

Ambassadors being rich socialites is a both party problem and it is not new.

No the difference is that Trump's ambassadors are directly getting involved in the local politics of their postings. And they're not even hiding it.

tehjoker|4 days ago

It's a "problem" in that it shows very clearly who runs the U.S. system. These are the people actually in charge without a meritocratic gloss to make it seem nicer.