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- kergonath 4mo agoThe American ambassadors to almost anywhere are complete clowns these days. Obnoxious, unfunny, despicable clowns.
- iso1631 4mo agoThe ambassador is a representative of the American President, so that fits. As democracy is perfected, the office of president represents, more and more closely, the inner soul of the people.
- jimmiles 4mo agoI wish I could disagree with you, but I live in Florida.
- goatlover 4mo agoTrump's approval rating is in the 30s and has been for a while. He won a plurality not a majority of the votes in 2024. An even larger number of eligible voters didn't vote. Also Congress was meant to be the democratic representation of the people. Technically, the president is elected by the states.
- JdeBP 4mo agoI am wondering whether there will be any effect to petition e-7124. It seems unlikely, to me. * https://noscommunes.ca/petitions/fr/Petition/Details?Petition=e-7124 https://noscommunes.ca/petitions/fr/Petition/Details?Petitio...
- bambax 4mo agoThe US ambassador to France is a convicted felon, father of Jared Kushner. From Wikipedia: «In February 2026, French authorities restricted Kushner’s direct access to government ministers after he failed to attend a summons from Foreign Minister Jean-Noël Barrot, sending a senior embassy official in his place. The French foreign ministry cited an "apparent failure to grasp the basic requirements of the ambassadorial mission".»
- MichaelZuo 4mo agoIf true, there must be something seriously, profoundly, wrong in the Beltway. It somehow seems like a huge number of people are working to throw America down the drain faster.
- erikerikson 4mo agoSee also Atlas Shrugged
- greenavocado 4mo ago[flagged]
- viciousvoxel 4mo agoNowhere was Israel mentioned. Please stop with these antisemitic dogwhistle posts in this thread.
- MichaelZuo 4mo agoThough to be fair, if true, putting Israeli flags on the literal doors is very strange. e.g. Nobody puts the flag of Turkiye or Spain, actual NATO allies, on their doors.
- bigyabai 4mo agoDo you even know who Jared Kushner is? He is basically conjoined at the hip with Israeli society: https://www.timesofisrael.com/trump-son-in-laws-ties-to-israel-raise-questions-of-bias/ https://www.timesofisrael.com/trump-son-in-laws-ties-to-isra...
- greenavocado 4mo agoOf course he knows. This is hasbara
- greenavocado 4mo ago
- throwaw12 4mo ago> The American ambassador to Canada is also a complete clown Since we are talking about American ambassadors, Mike Huckabee, American ambassador to Israel, doesn't seem like to work for America, it feels like he is an ambassador for Israel
- burnte 4mo agoI can understand most of what our conservative party does but I do not understand their obsession with Israel. I feel the nation should be supported and deserves to exist, but that they're doing a lot of inhumane things right now and saying that in the USA right now gets you called an antisemite incredibly fast.
- pstuart 4mo agoIt's because Israel is necessary for hosting the Apocalypse, and they are eager for it to happen so Jesus will return. I wish that was a joke, but its not, and it's terrifying.
- amanaplanacanal 4mo agoWhich is just weird. There is nothing in their holy book like that, they just made it up and now it drives foreign policy.
- buellerbueller 4mo agoIn whose holy book? Plenty of New Testament Biblical exegesis about the so-called "end times" involves things that could be interpreted as involving modern-day Israel (for example, the Jewish people returning to their homelands). So: Jewish holy book? You're correct. Christian holy book? Answer is dependent on the sect of Christianity you are talking about.
- amanaplanacanal 4mo agoEvery Christian picks and chooses the parts of the Bible they want to follow, and then adds their own "interpretation" to it. So you get Christian sects with all sorts of beliefs. The earliest Christians thought that Jesus would return while they were still alive. Other people have read all kinds of things into the texts which aren't really there.
- DanielHB 4mo agoWhat the US is doing is not that different from wolf tiger diplomacy that China was running during the 2010s https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wolf_warrior_diplomacy https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wolf_warrior_diplomacy This kind of antagonism comes from the top. China mostly toned it down recently because it is ideology-driven counter-productive, we will see how long it takes the US to do the same.
- throwwwll 4mo ago[flagged]
- Mezzie 4mo agoAmbassadors to developed nations are typically political appointees, so yeah, they tend to suck. (Versus ambassadors to other nations, which tend to have worked their way up in the Foreign Service).
- pbhjpbhj 4mo agoAre you saying this as a generality, or just about USA's ambassadors?
- Mezzie 4mo agoI have no idea how it works for non USA countries. I at one point took the FS exam and planned to go into the FS (and therefore know the process, how career progression works, and know people who did end up joining). I know how the US system works, but not anyone else's.
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- JSR_FDED 4mo agoThe former Trump US ambassador to the Netherlands, Pete Hoekstra, claimed there were “no go zones” in the Netherlands where politicians and cars were being set on fire. He called it “fake news” of course, then denied having ever called it fake news, and then eventually claimed it was a mix-up of countries. Only the best people!
- Waterluvian 4mo agoThat’s the guy the Americans have stuck us with now. Top. Men.
- outside1234 4mo agoBUT HE SAW IT ON FOX NEWS
- pelorat 4mo ago[flagged]
- isk517 4mo agoI found out I lived in a "no go zone" from an American I thank him since I didn't realize. All of the rioting hordes have become really good at staying under the radar, they are able to destroy everything then hide all of the evidence so it looks like absolutely nothing happened.
- mx7zysuj4xew 4mo agoYou mean Pete "they're burning politicians" Hoekstra? https://youtu.be/thIRJLsnIxY https://youtu.be/thIRJLsnIxY