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

Trump Administration Orders Nearly 30 U.S. Ambassadors to Leave Their Posts

A union representing career diplomats said such a mass recall had never happened in the history of the U.S. Foreign Service.

The New York Times
Speech of Her Majesty at the Royal Evening for the Diplomatic Corps, 2025 | Familia Regală a României / Royal Family of Romania

The #State Dept began firing >1,350 #US based employees Friday as the #Trump admin goes ahead with an unprecedented overhaul of its #DiplomaticCorps, undermining US ability to defend & promote interests abroad.

The #layoffs, which affect 1,107 #CivilService & 246 #ForeignService officers in the US, come as the US faces multiple global #crises: #Russia's war in #Ukraine, the #Gaza conflict, & the #MiddleEast on edge due to tensions between #Israel & #Iran.

#SoftPower
https://www.reuters.com/legal/litigation/state-department-says-it-will-fire-more-than-1350-workers-trumps-shake-up-2025-07-11/

Her Majesty’s speech at the 2024 Royal Evening for the Diplomatic Corps | Familia Regală a României / Royal Family of Romania

The emirate has spent nearly two decades deploying its #oil and #gas wealth, the powerful Qatari-owned television channel #AlJazeera, and a significant portion of its increasingly skilled #DiplomaticCorps, to make itself one of the world’s most indispensable fixers. #Hamas #Israel #Gaza

Western leaders look to #Qatar to get their citizens home
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/oct/21/western-leaders-look-to-qatar-to-get-their-citizens-home

Western leaders look to Qatar to get their citizens home

The Gulf state’s role in the release of two American hostages by Hamas has burnished its reputation as a global mediator

The Guardian