• U.S. State Department point man on North Korea to retire Friday, reflecting diplomats’ frustration
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[B][U]State Department point man on North Korea to retire Friday, reflecting diplomats’ frustration[/U][/B] [url]http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/ct-state-department-north-korea-20180226-story.html[/url] [QUOTE] [B]The State Department's point-man on North Korea, Joseph Yun, will leave his post on Friday[/B], even as there are glimmers of hope that Pyongyang might finally be willing to sit down for talks with Washington. Yun, who is 63, is retiring as special representative for North Korea policy and deputy assistant secretary for Korea and Japan after more than three decades of service. [B]His departure reflects the widespread frustration within the State Department at diplomats' relative lack of power in the Trump administration, according to someone familiar with Yun's thinking.[/B] [B]It will leave another gaping hole in the United States' staffing on Korean issues. Washington has still not nominated an ambassador to South Korea, 13 months into the Trump administration.[/B] Victor Cha had been in the running for the job, but the administration abruptly scrapped his candidacy last month. [/QUOTE]
Brain drains are never good for a country
[quote]Washington has still not nominated an ambassador to South Korea, 13 months into the Trump administration[/quote] Yo what the fuck? You'd think that wouldn't be hard to do
[QUOTE=Zillamaster55;53163116]Yo what the fuck? You'd think that wouldn't be hard to do[/QUOTE] [media]https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/967023015035797504[/media] Look on the bright side - maybe Ivanka can finally earn the title of "diplomat" in an official capacity by working her magic in North Korea too, therefore allowing us all to rest easy knowing we are in her capable arms!
[QUOTE=Zillamaster55;53163116]Yo what the fuck? You'd think that wouldn't be hard to do[/QUOTE] It's pretty hard to be diplomatic when most of the executive branch are drooling, generally racist, assholes who regularly spout off offensive bullshit because the morning talk show told them that global warming is a Chinese Hoax.
[QUOTE=Zillamaster55;53163116]Yo what the fuck? You'd think that wouldn't be hard to do[/QUOTE] IIRC a reported asked him a few months ago why he hasn't filled up the State Department with people and he literally said it's because it really only comes down to himself.
[QUOTE=BlindSniper17;53163145][media]https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/967023015035797504[/media] [/QUOTE] why not? [sp]stolen joke from a tweet i saw earlier[/sp]
[QUOTE=F.X Clampazzo;53163166]It's pretty hard to be diplomatic when most of the executive branch are drooling, generally racist, assholes who regularly spout off offensive bullshit because the morning talk show told them that global warming is a Chinese Hoax.[/QUOTE] or old white men who think they're running a company in the 1970s where the CEO does squat and nobody ever talks to him.
[QUOTE=Emperor Scorpious II;53163261]IIRC a reported asked him a few months ago why he hasn't filled up the State Department with people and he literally said it's because it really only comes down to himself.[/QUOTE] Oh boy! Isn't that reassuring?!? I sure am glad to trust a stable genius like Trump in these trying times.
[QUOTE=Lambeth;53163111]Brain drains are never good for a country[/QUOTE] And the crazier conservatives have this attitude of "If you don't like 'Murr'ca, then you c'n get out!" while blaming the left for divisive rhetoric when we say "what no we're trying to fix things go away". [editline]28th February 2018[/editline] [QUOTE=BlindSniper17;53163145][media]https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/967023015035797504[/media] Look on the bright side - maybe Ivanka can finally earn the title of "diplomat" in an official capacity by working her magic in North Korea too, therefore allowing us all to rest easy knowing we are in her capable arms![/QUOTE] A diplomat who, as we've seen with prior relations issues, is powerless because "bu-but he's my daddy! :'C"
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