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1) This doesn't make it right, but it's a common practice for a President to give a percentage of ambassadorships (typically 30%-40%) to donors and friends. Ob
by neuronexmachina 10y ago
1) This doesn't make it right, but it's a common practice for a President to give a percentage of ambassadorships (typically 30%-40%) to donors and friends. Obama, Clinton, and both Bush's all engaged in this practice. It's unusual though to extend this practice to the Cabinet, as Trump has done.
- travmatt 10y agoI could even name some Reagan donors turned unqualified ambassadors. I can't tell if people hawking such ridiculous ideas are truly naive or are just following a motivated reasoning to reach some post-hoc justification of their dislike.