More lulz. The US has no ambassadors. Trump fired them all without replacements.

[Jhhnn]

No one was willing to pay for an ambassadorship under a Trump administration.

He's probably taking bids.

 

[HamburgerBoy]

Oh no, we don't have any campaign donors assigned to plush government funded vacations

http://www.npr.org/2014/12/03/36814...any-big-donors-to-ambassadorships-critics-say

fwiw, Dubya did it too. iirc the practice goes even further back, maybe to Reagan or thereabouts.

 

[MongGrel]

Benghazi never happened in a real embassy to begin with.

Trump will get around to these things in time I guess, like the other things he has no clue about.

 

[crashtech]

That thing made the coolest sounds.

I always though they sounded a little like a '60s Chrysler starter motor.

 

[Starbuck1975]

fwiw, Dubya did it too. iirc the practice goes even further back, maybe to Reagan or thereabouts.

I know the practice wasn't exclusive to Obama. I suppose technically it goes back to Jefferson.

 

[dphantom]

I suspect that in a few weeks when the major ambassador positions are appointed, we will not have seen any difference. It is not like ambassadorships have not gone empty for weeks at a time before. Nothing will stop, our relations won't change. Life will go on.

 

[UberNeuman]

You need one of these first.

bah, I know a redneck that's had one of those up on cinders since '75. Never talked much about it. Was touchy about anal probes though...

 

[Double Trouble]

I don't see this as a big deal in the short term, but in the long run the have to appoint them. It's not like there's no staff there to handle day to day things. It's not uncommon for those positions to be open for while, but obviously not all of them.

 

[MongGrel]

I suspect that in a few weeks when the major ambassador positions are appointed, we will not have seen any difference. It is not like ambassadorships have not gone empty for weeks at a time before. Nothing will stop, our relations won't change. Life will go on.

Probably not.

One of my relatives was an assistant to an Ambassador to India, not that it is relevant other than I have heard a few stories in the past.

 

[UberNeuman]

I don't see this as a big deal in the short term, but in the long run the have to appoint them. It's not like there's no staff there to handle day to day things. It's not uncommon for those positions to be open for while, but obviously not all of them.

thisisfine.jpg

 

[Bitek]

What, did we run out of Goldman execs and billionaires?

 

[master_shake_]

OK go for it, but she's not in the Big Chair and doesn't have anything to do with the new occupant.

she kinda does,

she literally stole the nomination from bernie he could have probably beaten trump but now we'll never know.

 

[Jhhnn]

she kinda does,

she literally stole the nomination from bernie he could have probably beaten trump but now we'll never know.

Never pass up an opportunity to tear down the evil Hillary no matter how contrived.

 

[crashtech]

It would have been a far more interesting contest, that's for damn sure.

 

[alcoholbob]

It would have been a far more interesting contest, that's for damn sure.

Less interesting I think, since Bernie wouldn't be interested in being baited into character-battles. And it would have been a ridiculous blow-out given Trump would have literally no chance of taking the Democratic firewall states against Bernie.

 

[Jaskalas]

Hillary lost. You can quit vilifying her. Trump won. Explain how this is a good thing.

For Trump, it means you approve his Secretary of State ASAP or leave these posts open?
That's how I'd play it.

 

[shortylickens]

The average Trump voter is likely OK with this. Not wanting to interact with other nations.

 

[crashtech]

Less interesting I think, since Bernie wouldn't be interested in being baited into character-battles. And it would have been a ridiculous blow-out given Trump would have literally no chance of taking the Democratic firewall states against Bernie.

Maybe so. I was thinking more along the lines of the ideological battle than the actual Electoral battle. I think Bernie was far and away the better spokesman for his ideology than either of the other two.

 

[MongGrel]

I doubt Bernie would have won myself.

 

[MongGrel]

The average Trump voter is likely OK with this. Not wanting to interact with other nations.

Trump is all for globalization for corporations, isolationism for everyone else.

He has way way too many overseas ventures he has refused to divest from if anyone think he's about to do anything otherwise.

 

[crashtech]

Trump is all for globalization for corporations, isolationism for everyone else.

Do we have data to support that assertion yet?

 

[MongGrel]

Do we have data to support that assertion yet?

His whole life history ?

You think he is just going to change everything he has done in his whole life out of a lack of narcissism ?

Pull the other one

 

[crashtech]

His whole life ?

So, conjecture? Okay. I'm willing to wait and see how it all plays out.

 

[MongGrel]

So, conjecture? Okay. I'm willing to wait and see how it all plays out.

Where is conjecture involved ?

You think he is born again or something ?

He is probably busy tweeting as we speak.

 

[Jhhnn]

Less interesting I think, since Bernie wouldn't be interested in being baited into character-battles. And it would have been a ridiculous blow-out given Trump would have literally no chance of taking the Democratic firewall states against Bernie.

Nice off topic concern trolling.