A man you can bait with a Tweet

[Landlord]

Even true Republicans are alarmed at this.

 

Not enough for anyone in power to do or say something about it.

[knapplc]

 

We all know the people who will believe it's the Democrats' fault, though. This kind of stuff sells to people who don't do their research.

Even true Republicans are alarmed at this. The conservative radio show here in Detroit said this morning that this is probably one of the bigger displays of dysfunction of this administration and the media isn't even talking about it. They said it reeks of incompetence and is pretty bad for the state department.

 

I can't wait for all true Republicans to fix this problem by voting the enablers out of office. And that includes at the Federal, State and Local levels.

[ZRod]

Yeah. I'm not even sure what I meant by true Republicans. But you get what I mean. Those who are honest with themsleves see the issues.

[Danny Bateman]

Speaking of the State Department...

 

 

How long will these otherwise professional men (though I'm absolutely no fan of Tillerson) sit idly by while their boss tosses their best laid plans aside on an impulse, simply to do the opposite of what he's told?

[Danny Bateman]

Old man yells at cloud.

 

[BigRedBuster]

Meanwhile.

 

[mrandyk]

The damage has been done, right? Might as well just keep digging now.

[zoogs]

 

That's unfortunate.

[BigRedBuster]

He might want to sit down and talk to Spicer about that.

 

He's the guy over in the corner crying.

[NM11046]

He doubled down last night before hitting the sack:

 

[NM11046]

There is no doubt in my mind he's trying to sink this travel ban ship - likely to then be able to blame the media, the courts, the dems. Nobody in that house would be letting him tweet this stuff, and while I think he is crazy and cycling more crazy - I have to wonder if this is a planned initiative.

 

OR ... is he just banking on the nutball followers to put up a stink so he can try to show the crowds and the support in snippets?

[TGHusker]

Here's the list of ambassador appointments/nominations to date: http://www.afsa.org/appointments-donald-j-trump

http://www.newsmax.com/Newsfront/david-rank-beijing-ambassador-quits/2017/06/05/id/794291/

 

http://www.cnn.com/2017/06/05/politics/acting-ambassador-to-china-david-rank-resigns/index.html

 

 

Acting US ambassador to China David Rank resigned from his post in Beijing over President Donald Trump's decision to withdraw from the Paris climate agreement, several sources familiar with the decision told CNN.

A career foreign service officer since 1990, Rank assumed the position of deputy chief of mission at the US embassy in Beijing in January 2016 and had been serving as charge d'affaires until the arrival of Trump's pick for the job, former Iowa Gov. Terry Branstad, who was confirmed by Congress late last month.

"Dave is exactly the type of diplomat any American would want representing their interests abroad, and he was sought after within the State Department for increasingly difficult and challenging assignments because he's strategic, smart, savvy, curious, loyal, and non-partisan," said Dan Feldman, who worked with Rank for five years on Afghan issues.

"Given he spent much of his career seeking to strengthen the US-China relationship to benefit all Americans, we need his expertise and skills now more than ever before," he said. "It's heart-wrenching that we're losing career officers of his talent, as they pride themselves on serving any Administration, but some are increasingly grappling with whether they must take principled decisions as they balance their sense of duty with their conscience."

Rank has served in several senior positions within the US State Department including time as the director of the office of Afghanistan affairs and as a senior adviser to the special representative for Afghanistan and Pakistan.

"Mr. Rank made a personal decision," a senior State Department official told CNN, stopping short of citing the climate deal developments as the reason. "We appreciate his years of dedicated service to the State Department."

But sources familiar with the decision indicated that Rank's departure is directly tied to Trump's controversial move to pull out of the accord.

One source familiar with Rank's decision to resign said that Rank addressed his staff on Monday and talked about his four tours in China and how much he loved the country. But he said this weekend he was asked to do something which "as a parent, patriot and Christian I simply cannot do."

Rank, according to the source, told the embassy staff he couldn't in good conscience do anything that would contribute to the implementation of the decision to withdraw from the climate agreement. He said he looked for a way to avoid a conflict between his duty and conscience but when he couldn't find one, he offered to resign, assuming his resignations would be accepted. And it was accepted.

Rank was serving in China when President Xi Jinping and then-US President Barrack Obama jointly declared their commitment to the Paris agreement.

China, the world's largest carbon emitter, said it would stick by its commitments to the treaty despite the US decision.

Rank becomes the second US diplomat serving at one of the largest embassies in the world to publicly split with Trump in recent days.

The acting US ambassador to to the United Kingdom, Lewis Lukens, issued a statement on Twitter singling out London Mayor Sadiq Khan

for praise after Trump attacked him on Twitter in the wake of the terror attacks which killed at least seven people

[BigRedBuster]

Dude....I don't think your own staff wants you to get your version out.

 

[StPaulHusker]

I'm pretty sure the "mainstream" media prefers Trump as unfiltered as possible. The stories write themselves.

[zoogs]

I'm more than happy to let Trump attach his name to whatever he wants to say.