Biden eyeing Buttigieg for China ambassador

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John FitzGerald
@TheTweetOfJohn
President-elect Joe Biden is considering a high-profile ambassadorship for Pete Buttigieg, possibly sending him to China.
Pete Buttigieg
Biden eyeing Buttigieg for China ambassador
Letting him deepen his foreign policy chops could boost Buttigieg's future.
axios.com
8:51 PM · Dec 8, 2020

[Karadeniz]

1. I think Mayor Pete would be delighted with that assignment!

[MustLoveBeagles]

2. I hope this happens

[JDC]

3. He'd be great at anything imo. Good idea on getting him Foreign Policy Exposure

I feel like I read something here this year about gay marriage being in the cards for China. Maybe Pete and Chaz can forge some additional inroads there

[Lucinda]

11. +1

[JI7]

4. I wonder who he will pick for Russia

[LuvNewcastle]

5. I wonder how long it'll take him to learn Chinese.

Not long, I bet. Good luck to him! I hope that he gets this job or something equally fulfilling in the Biden administration. Hope it leads to greater things.

[crimycarny]

10. LOL, was thinking the same

He can add Chinese to all the languages he already speaks

[yellowdogintexas]

12. 24 hours maybe. Just kidding but he will pick it up fast

Being able to learn languages like that is such a gift

[LizBeth]

6. His handling of Fox News, this would be excellent. He would be so adept at this position.

[Cha]

7. Rt TY! From dropping out of the

Presidential race on March 2, 2020 & endorsing Joe Biden.. to This!

We knew something Good was coming!

[Blue Owl]

8. K&R

K&R for Pete!

[CaliforniaPeggy]

9. Now this was a turn that I didn't see coming!

I'm sure it would be a great opportunity for him.

Chinese is a tough language to learn, but if anyone can do it, it's Pete!

[yellowdogintexas]

13. I figured a good ambassadorship was in the cards when he was not

nominated as UN Ambassador.

[grantcart]

14. I love Mayor Pete but this is not the right assignment for him

Our relationship with China is extremely complicated and going forward the two largest economies and the two largest militaries are going to have to find areas of cooperation and compromise.

We will win some but not all of these battles. For example we will be able to have some influence in policy in Hong Kong but a significant part of the protest leadership doesn't want just democratic reform but independence and that, like the idea of Hawaiian independence is not going to happen. There is likely to be ongoing conflict and no magic solution.

Even the best best case scenario will have some issues that will not be settled to our satisfaction and if the ambassador is a future candidate it will be used against him or her. For that reason our ambassador to China must be a diplomatic professional with no political agendas.

A better match for Mayor Pete (who I hope will someday be President) is ambassador to the European Union which is very demanding and also very critical to rebuilding our Alliance.

[burrowowl]

16. I agree

[zipplewrath]

15. HUD

I'd a put him in HUD, Transportation, HHS, something like that. So many deputy and under secretary positions to build executive branch experience.

[SunSeeker]

17. K & R