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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 h
by ulfw 8mo ago
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-right-0e10e3ec131969b1dea25a61cf0b00bc https://apnews.com/article/france-us-ambassador-kushner-far-...
- pjc50 8mo agoBy no means exclusive to the US (e.g. Peter Mandelson).
- lostlogin 8mo agoWe 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-donation-scandal https://www.odt.co.nz/news/politics/key-concerned-murkiness-...
- ragall 8mo agoDefinitely exclusive to the US due to the degree to which US presidents have been doing it.
- Freak_NL 8mo agoBelgium too: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/feb/18/belgium-investigation-jewish-men-diplomatic-row-us-ambassador 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-soldiers-african-american-margraten-cemetery-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 8mo agoAnother example from Denmark: https://edition.cnn.com/2026/01/28/europe/us-embassy-copenhagen-removes-flags-danish-soldiers-intl https://edition.cnn.com/2026/01/28/europe/us-embassy-copenha...