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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsOn day one, ask all Trump appointees to step down,
ask all Trump Ambassadors to return home,
Purge the whole Government of Trumpees.
exboyfil
(17,862 posts)All political appointees shown the door.
BComplex
(8,049 posts)I hope Kamala helps him see that trump appointees are there to sabotage whatever office they're in .
dalton99a
(81,475 posts)They are a danger to our country and the world
SlogginThroughIt
(1,977 posts)Sorry that is a bad idea. Whatever we think of them we cannot do that UNLESS we have people in country to replace them.
edhopper
(33,575 posts)can fulfill the duties.
It's not like he appointed competent people.
https://qz.com/1555392/us-ambassadors-are-less-qualified-under-trump/
https://www.france24.com/en/20200804-trump-s-inexperienced-and-unqualified-ambassadors-leave-us-allies-aghast
https://www.businessinsider.com/state-departments-ambassadors-ruining-image-abroad-politics-trump-2020-8
SlogginThroughIt
(1,977 posts)I just think the optics are horrible.
edhopper
(33,575 posts)it says the fruit of a corrupt Administration can't be left in place.
exboyfil
(17,862 posts)What of Trump's foreign policy do we want to retain?
We already have 28 Ambassadorships vacant including Japan, Germany, Ukraine, Canada, Afghanistan, Syria, Chile, Venezuela, and Bolivia.
How well has Woody Johnson represented us in the Court of St. James?
nebby70
(471 posts)... of course this is 2020 and Trump ....
... nothing would really surprise me ...
... refusing Biden PDB however, has me hot with anger ...
brooklynite
(94,520 posts)edhopper
(33,575 posts)in most administrations.
There should be none this time.
PJMcK
(22,035 posts)Fire their asses. Fumigate and disinfect their offices or work spaces.
Bring in the professionals.
edhopper
(33,575 posts)and asking the Ambassadors to return is the polite way of firing them. But it's all the same thing.
Rice4VP
(1,235 posts)Chris Wray and the cleaning people.