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Well, Trump fired a bunch of diplomats, and never hired replacements (or replaced them with donors with no relevant experience), which hollowed out US foreign p

by hedora 2y ago

Well, Trump fired a bunch of diplomats, and never hired replacements (or replaced them with donors with no relevant experience), which hollowed out US foreign policy. The Biden administration largely turned the lights back on in the parts of the government you are asking about, I think. They tried, at least. The GOP tried to block re-hiring foreign policy experts towards the beginning of his administration. Sources: https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2020/may/30/trump-us-ambassadors-political-appointments https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2020/may/30/trump-us-amb... https://www.npr.org/2021/11/13/1055575802/lack-of-american-ambassadors-is-hurting-foreign-goals-says-afsa-president https://www.npr.org/2021/11/13/1055575802/lack-of-american-a... https://www.npr.org/2020/08/18/903199848/under-trump-more-big-donors-are-named-ambassadors-and-controversies-have-followe https://www.npr.org/2020/08/18/903199848/under-trump-more-bi...

mc32 2y ago
Every admin gets to set up their State Dept. Biden could have done whatever he wanted with regard to stationing diplomats. Moreover, The Russia and China embassies were not affected And importantly there were not active conflicts, saber rattling and serious instigations as we have now. I mean, who gives a rat's arse about the ambassador to Paraguay. Just the other week, the admin told the USN to prep for war against China in '27.
- JumpCrisscross 2y ago
  > there were not active conflicts We assassinated an Iranian major general [1]! We were occupying Afghanistan, supporting Riyadh in its war on the Houthis and ramping up troops deployed in Syria and Iraq [2]. > saber rattling and serious instigations as we have now The Trump administration wasn't instigating China [3]? [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Assassination_of_Qasem_Soleimani https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Assassination_of_Qasem_Soleima... [2] https://www.npr.org/sections/parallels/2017/12/01/566798632/under-trump-u-s-troops-in-war-zones-are-on-the-rise https://www.npr.org/sections/parallels/2017/12/01/566798632/... [3] https://trumpwhitehouse.archives.gov/briefings-statements/remarks-president-trump-actions-china/ https://trumpwhitehouse.archives.gov/briefings-statements/re...

by hedora 2y ago

mc32 2y ago

Every admin gets to set up their State Dept. Biden could have done whatever he wanted with regard to stationing diplomats. Moreover, The Russia and China embassies were not affected And importantly there were not active conflicts, saber rattling and serious instigations as we have now. I mean, who gives a rat's arse about the ambassador to Paraguay. Just the other week, the admin told the USN to prep for war against China in '27.

JumpCrisscross 2y ago
> there were not active conflicts We assassinated an Iranian major general [1]! We were occupying Afghanistan, supporting Riyadh in its war on the Houthis and ramping up troops deployed in Syria and Iraq [2]. > saber rattling and serious instigations as we have now The Trump administration wasn't instigating China [3]? [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Assassination_of_Qasem_Soleimani https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Assassination_of_Qasem_Soleima... [2] https://www.npr.org/sections/parallels/2017/12/01/566798632/under-trump-u-s-troops-in-war-zones-are-on-the-rise https://www.npr.org/sections/parallels/2017/12/01/566798632/... [3] https://trumpwhitehouse.archives.gov/briefings-statements/remarks-president-trump-actions-china/ https://trumpwhitehouse.archives.gov/briefings-statements/re...