BigGovernment: President-elect Donald Trump’s order for all politically-appointed ambassadors to leave their overseas posts by Inauguration Day is “breaking with decades of precedent by declining to provide even the briefest of grace periods,” according to the New York Times:
The mandate — issued “without exceptions,” according to a terse State Department cable sent on Dec. 23, diplomats who saw it said — threatens to leave the United States without Senate-confirmed envoys for months in critical nations like Germany, Canada and Britain. In the past, administrations of both parties have often granted extensions on a case-by-case basis to allow a handful of ambassadors, particularly those with school-age children, to remain in place for weeks or months.
Mr. Trump, by contrast, has taken a hard line against leaving any of President Obama’s political appointees in place as he prepares to take office on Jan. 20 with a mission of dismantling many of his predecessor’s signature foreign and domestic policy achievements. “Political” ambassadors, many of them major donors who are nominated by virtue of close ties with the president, almost always leave at the end of his term; ambassadors who are career diplomats often remain in their posts.
This is followed by several anecdotes of the personal difficulties facing these ambassadors, who seem inordinately surprised, given that the outcome of the 2016 election was announced two months ago and was a very big story. Why, the New York Times even reported on it!
Also, while the ambassador termination is being treated as a very big story this week, the State Department cable notifying all of the ambassadors was sent on December 23rd, and Inauguration Day is January 20. We’re talking about people with considerable means receiving a month’s formal notice that they need to make new life arrangements, over a month after they knew it would be necessary. MORE
Ambassadorships have ALWAYS been (with rare exceptions) a whorish perk bestowed upon persons…that THIS is supposed to be “an issue”?!?
They must be clutching their butt pearls!
We haven’t heard back from Ambassador Stevens yet.
Six word memo. Collect your shit and get out.
Delicious.
Rip out anything and everything that has to do with Revrum Wright´s “God-Damn America”-hating, Marxist Muzlim Mallard sunovabitch! Rip it out by the roots!
It might also be worth noting that US Attorneys appointed by a President are usually asked to resign when a new President comes in. Bill Clinton blew out all 97 of George H.W. Bush’s attorneys immediately upon taking office however I gather GW Bush decided to break with tradition and keep them. It’s up to the President. I hope to God Trump kicks Obama’s lawyers out.
One of Li’l O’s ambassadors calls himself a career diplomat, and thus, won’t quit. He’s part of the Obama ‘touch’ on the foreign service.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/in-the-loop/wp/2015/03/25/the-six-openly-gay-u-s-ambassadors-were-together-in-one-room/?utm_term=.1e1d02c035e0
http://e.vnexpress.net/news/news/us-ambassador-to-finish-vietnam-tenure-despite-trump-mandate-3524801.html
@scr_north……
There should be consequences for being in the 0bama Administration.
Trump45.
FTA: “…with a mission of dismantling many of his predecessor’s signature foreign and domestic policy achievements.” Puh-leeze.
Get rid of every damn thing that has Obama’s finger print on it. 😡
We should set up a GoFundMe page to make sure DJT has adequate supplies of SOS pads and Drāno for the messy cleanup ahead. Even a rich guy would appreciate the moral support.
The NYT deals in fake news. Brown Eyed Girl has it above. They make an extremely vague reference without bothering to elucidate any signature accomplishment because there were
EXACTLY NONE.
“When I rented this palace, I was assured that Hillary would extend my lease. I expected a ‘rent’ increase, Arkansas and awl. But, a two month eviction notice is outrageous!”
Ambassador to Libya Chris Stevens will not be relocating from his present location.
Ted Osius won’t quit his embassadorship to Vietnam on his own? Fine. Don’t let him back into the US. DJT should simply instruct Tillerson to void Osius’s passport. Oh, and void teh passport of his “husband” Clay Bond, too.
How valuable can the diplomat corps be when it turns out that they only got their position by purchasing it with partisan party donations ala that Kenndy twirp?
Makes no sense to retain a bunch of Obama loyalists in the Trump administration, and with Barry and Mooch staying in DC to continue to stir the pot of unrest. Like Rat Fink said above, pull it all out by the roots!
Indeed!
Left still can’t believe what’s happening, can they??!!!
@Uncle Al January 7, 2017 at 6:10 pm
Now, Uncle Al, they’re still Americans. Just put their stuff on the curb, like a normal American eviction, and let them enjoy their more than civil union time in Vietnam.
(Or just drone ’em, if you think Islam is too hard on the gayim.)
hahaha…even more blood thirsty appointees and play-for-pay goons to now be after her Cankleship and Billy Jeff Clinton. No doubt wanting more than just a refund, maybe wanting equal payback in blood.
Barky Hussein may be on their list as well, since he is fanning the flames rather than the covers this go around.
Let’s see former Governor Blagojevich got 14 years in federal prison for “trying” to sell Illinois’ Senate seat.
Obama actually “sells” Ambassadorships for nearly $1.8 Million dollars on average for each appointment.
Now that’s Pay to Play at the taxpayers expense and no one faces the consequences.
Maybe Blagojevich will get his commutation or a pardon now.
Xmas is over and trump is still giving out presents to everyone. This is Phucking
hilarious. Good for him.
2-week notice … just like the real world
gotta luv it, now an adult is in charge
@Anonymous JANUARY 7, 2017 AT 6:37 PM:
You mean like the Americans who get their passports canceled if the IRS, without due process, orders it so? Those Americans?
Lol! Love it. Trump is draining the swamp, MAGA and he hasn’t even been sworn in yet. If the traitorous Barry admin hangers-on thought they were going to escape a Trump clean up, they were greatly mistaken.
When is the Barky One’s next list of pardons going to
come out? This should get exciting.