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The Washington Post

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President Trump relies on wealthy donors and political loyalists rather than career diplomats to fill ambassadorships, a Post analysis found. In each administration since President Ford’s, over half of all ambassadorships went to Foreign Service officers. https://wapo.st/4fTgtlr

8/8/26, 4:00 am29 reposts56 likes

@ericasco.bsky.social

Of course. Did you expect something other than a spoils/patronage system replacing a meritocracy in a Trump administration? If so, why on earth did you?

HongKongDongSong

@hongkongdongsong.bsky.social

Kari Lake dumped like a diaper dropped out of Air Force 1 on the poor souls of Jamaica.

@adkraine.bsky.social

Don’t forget Kimberly Guilfoyle in Greece…

HongKongDongSong

@hongkongdongsong.bsky.social

Compared to Lake and Sheriff Walker she's like Madeline Albright.

douggreen.bsky.social

@douggreen.bsky.social

Can you just call him Trump and leave out the other word?

@ankleen.bsky.social

Jamaica = Kari Lake

@virginiaslim.bsky.social

Ewan Sutherland

@sutherla.bsky.social

No country wants his cronies and lackies as ambassadors

jimgarrisonii.bsky.social

@jimgarrisonii.bsky.social

In other words a**kissers.

@first-glance.bsky.social

#USA .