Post B1XuReReFcmofGjFJo by EndicottAuthor@mastodon.social
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(DIR) Post #B1XrU8J3tjJFzlCjGy by Nonilex@masto.ai
2025-12-23T16:09:53Z
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WTF?The #Trump administration has ordered nearly 30 US #ambassadors in embassies around the world to return to the #UnitedStates within weeks, a move that would leave a large gap in the US #DiplomaticCorps even as Trump has said he wants to resolve conflicts through #diplomacy.#geopolitics #intelligence #NationalSecurity #idiocracy https://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/22/us/politics/trump-administration-ambassadors-posts.html?smid=url-share
(DIR) Post #B1XrnV7DJqRgEntj2u by Nonilex@masto.ai
2025-12-23T16:13:24Z
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Many of the #ambassadors were told in recent days to leave their posts by mid-January. They are all foreign service officers who had been appointed to their positions by the #Biden admin & confirmed by the #Senate. A standard tour is 3 to 4 years.The #union representing career diplomats said this was the first time that such a mass recall had taken place of career diplomats serving as ambassadors or chiefs of mission.#geopolitics #diplomacy #intelligence #NationalSecurity #Trump #idiocracy
(DIR) Post #B1Xs9PH5iPFKUgxmym by Nonilex@masto.ai
2025-12-23T16:17:22Z
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“Those affected report being notified abruptly, typically by phone, with no explanation provided,” said Nikki Gamer, spox for the #union representing career diplomats, the American Foreign Service Assn. “That method is highly irregular.”“The lack of transparency & process breaks sharply with longstanding norms,” she added.After checking its archives, the union “can say definitively that such a mass recall has never happened since the founding of the Foreign Service as we know it,” Gamer said
(DIR) Post #B1Xsrbc5Ca67VFrF6e by krypt3ia@infosec.exchange
2025-12-23T16:25:18Z
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@Nonilex Just another order from his KGB handler.
(DIR) Post #B1Xt1cm9jc8u0KLYWW by Nonilex@masto.ai
2025-12-23T16:27:08Z
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…#China has surpassed the #US in the number of diplomatic missions in the world, & maintains a consistent rotation of ambassadors through each one.The mass recall could further damage morale among career diplomats working under Secy of State #MarcoRubio.Earlier this month, the #union released results of a survey of its members showing that 98% of respondents said that workplace morale had fallen since #Trump began his second term.#geopolitics #diplomacy #intelligence #NationalSecurity
(DIR) Post #B1XtHCDqEAfsHdin9U by Nonilex@masto.ai
2025-12-23T16:29:58Z
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Most of the survey’s >2,100 respondents said they were managing tighter budgets & greater workloads as the #Trump admin cut spending, including a drastic reduction in US foreign #aid. 86% said it had become more difficult to carry out #US #ForeignPolicy. Only 1% reported an improvement.#MarcoRubio presided over what he called a “reorganization” of the department this year. The dept announced ~1,300 layoffs in July, w/ 264 foreign service officers among them.#geopolitics #diplomacy #idiocracy
(DIR) Post #B1XtRcRJbhIIUUzfqC by Nonilex@masto.ai
2025-12-23T16:31:32Z
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…At one point this year, about a dozen senior career diplomats who, before the start of the #Trump administration, had gotten assignments to be deputy chiefs of mission overseas were told they would no longer have those jobs. Most of them were #women or people of color [#POC].#geopolitics #diplomacy #intelligence #NationalSecurity #idiocracy #WhiteSupremacy #MaleSupremacy
(DIR) Post #B1XuKZghXWytspOZKi by Kierkegaanks@beige.party
2025-12-23T16:41:41Z
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@Nonilex but it’s not a coup d’etat in progress
(DIR) Post #B1XuN7UmoXKbJd2HhI by EndicottAuthor@mastodon.social
2025-12-23T16:42:07Z
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@Nonilex Not surprised. Bigotry in action.
(DIR) Post #B1XuReReFcmofGjFJo by EndicottAuthor@mastodon.social
2025-12-23T16:42:54Z
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@Nonilex It's all part of a plan to destroy the leadership role America has had throughout the world. Putin demanded it, the Orange Mess complied.
(DIR) Post #B1Xw7xfPH5N0Ofu36m by anarchic_teapot@oc.todon.fr
2025-12-23T17:01:51Z
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@Nonilex Meanwhile https://apnews.com/article/trump-greenland-jeff-landry-envoy-louisiana-6babac895313a5ec65b5df79c7f86b45#Greenland #geopolitics #intelligence #thugocracy
(DIR) Post #B1YufWZeVQVrSw31Pc by jik@federate.social
2025-12-24T04:20:13Z
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@Nonilex He's about to start a war, and when he does, he doesn't want diplomats accessible overseas to be chewed out by foreign governments.
(DIR) Post #B1ZzTG3olpz5hi5Uu0 by idahobucks@mastodon.social
2025-12-24T16:48:45Z
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@Nonilex if you don't bribe Trump with a few million why should you expect to keep your job? It's not like actually knowing what to do matters to Trump.