Trump 'orders Barack Obama's ambassadors to resign their posts' in unprecedented move
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[QUOTE=mwesten1;51631351]yeah she just accepted money from [i]allahu akbars[/i][/QUOTE]
oh my god
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[QUOTE=verynicelady;51631475]Please stop replying to the banned threadshitter. Thank you.[/QUOTE]
oops, sorry.
[QUOTE=Turnips5;51631451]"hillary wanted a war with russia" is lunacy. absolute nutty psyops bullshit[/QUOTE]
There is literally no way to argue against it.
I really wanted to try and give him a chance but he seems like the most incompetent politician I've seen a western nation have
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[QUOTE=Kecske;51631398]Holy shit this thread got derailed fast
While giving no grace period and completely denying extensions is a move I don't agree with, you have to keep in mind that most US ambassadors are political appointees instead of career diplomats, and quite a few of those are simply campaign donors:
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[url]https://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/jul/10/obama-donors-top-embassy-jobs-rewards[/url]
This is by no means a new practice but Obama used it extensively (for example the current Hungarian ambassador is a TV producer, with no past diplomatic experience whatsoever). This might give some insight why Trump is so keen replacing them en-masse.
Also the headline seems to imply that the unprecedented move is the resignation itself, which is actually required for them after each presidential term (which might or might not get accepted, usually it is accepted when there is a new president).[/QUOTE]
Wasn't there a leaked list of those top donors who got comfy ambassador jobs after having made their donations to the Democrats? I can recall it were all for Ambassador jobs in European countries such as the UK, Sweden, Belgium, Finland, Luxembourg and the EU in general, along with some other well-off countries such as the Bahamas, Japan and Singapore. Some of those ambassadors had been donating money to the DNC for at least seven years at the point of the leaks.
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Found a clean version of it too.
[QUOTE=Jordax;51631635]Wasn't there a leaked list of those top donors who got comfy ambassador jobs after having made their donations to the Democrats? I can recall it were all for Ambassador jobs in European countries such as the UK, Sweden, Belgium, Finland, Luxembourg and the EU in general, along with some other well-off countries such as the Bahamas, Japan and Singapore. Some of those ambassadors had been donating money to the DNC for at least seven years at the point of the leaks.
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Found a clean version of it too.[/QUOTE]
I've never understood how a spoils system like this could become accepted and normal in the US.
I believe someone asked for a source on the claim that the Saudis were funding isis?
How about from Hillary herself?
[url]www.yahoo.com/amphtml/news/in-leaked-email-clinton-claims-saudi-and-qatari-governments-fund-isis-221758254.html[/url]
If you want more sources just Google "hillary email Saudis isis" and you'll get quite a lot.
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[QUOTE=Whoaly;51631517]There is literally no way to argue against it.[/QUOTE]
please bestow upon us whatever leads you to believe this.
[QUOTE=Whoaly;51631517]There is literally no way to argue against it.[/QUOTE]
Hey I'll try. Devil's advocate and what not. Tell me how Clinton wanted a war with Russia.
[QUOTE=Kecske;51631705]I've never understood how a spoils system like this could become accepted and normal in the US.[/QUOTE]
Any country where politicians are bank-rolled by rich donors is going to inevitably fall into that particular trap.
[QUOTE=Hick2;51631889]Any country where politicians are bank-rolled by rich donors is going to inevitably fall into that particular trap.[/QUOTE]
Good thing Trump wasn't bank-rolled by rich donors. Will be interesting to see who he appoints for ambassadors. He hasn't done a very good job with other appointments though so I don't have much hope.
[QUOTE=Whoaly;51631517]There is literally no way to argue against it.[/QUOTE]
Then what about Trump's willingness to piss on China and escalating tensions. Or is that ok?
Hillary wanting a war with Russia is absolute lunacy, it just would not be economically viable.
Only thing I can think of that would be worse economically, would be a war with china. Which you don't seem to have an issue with, since papa trump is at the helm.
[QUOTE=MadPro119;51631940]Good thing Trump wasn't bank-rolled by rich donors. Will be interesting to see who he appoints for ambassadors. He hasn't done a very good job with other appointments though so I don't have much hope.[/QUOTE]
He managed to cut out the middle man by being a rich donor.
[QUOTE=MadPro119;51631940]Good thing Trump wasn't bank-rolled by rich donors. Will be interesting to see who he appoints for ambassadors. He hasn't done a very good job with other appointments though so I don't have much hope.[/QUOTE]
he was kinda given a lot of support by wealthy and influential people though, most of them whose work and support helped give him the election. as a consequence he is basically handing out jobs to those who helped him in the end anyways
[QUOTE=MadPro119;51631940][B]Good thing Trump wasn't bank-rolled by rich donors[/B]. Will be interesting to see who he appoints for ambassadors. He hasn't done a very good job with other appointments though so I don't have much hope.[/QUOTE]
Who the fuck is Steve Mnuchin then.
[QUOTE=purvisdavid1;51632083]Who the fuck is Steve Mnuchin then.[/QUOTE]
An ex Goldman Sachs employee that donated $7k to Hillary's campaign and less than that to Trumps?
Correct me if I'm wrong.
[QUOTE=MadPro119;51632181]An ex Goldman Sachs employee that donated $7k to Hillary's campaign and less than that to Trumps?
Correct me if I'm wrong.[/QUOTE]
he was trumps main fundraiser
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gr8 try tho
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[QUOTE=mchapra;51632222]he was trumps main fundraiser
[editline]6th January 2017[/editline]
gr8 try tho[/QUOTE]
Fundraiser or contributer? Thanks for being condescending too.
I don't really care about him appointing new ambassadors, they are political appointments under the State Department and it stands to reason that a new president would rather have people that agree with his foreign policy stances but telling them to be out by inauguration day is absurd.
[QUOTE=TacticalBacon;51631341]Well yeah. Say what you will about Hillary, at least she wouldn't be picking international fights over Twitter, talking about how we need to have the most nukes, the best nukes, all the nukes to show everyone how big our balls are, trying to get international politicians to stay at the hotel she owns, bitching constantly about everyone making fun of her, packing her cabinet full of the exact kind of people she said she wouldn't, etc, etc.[/QUOTE]
America had the choice between the standard corruption they'd had for years, just more of the same but this time poorly rebranded as being progressive, or a wild card retard that can't even keeps his own opinions straight between different hours of the day. America chose the latter.
[QUOTE=mwesten1;51631425]just let it all out big guy, let out all the hate and join the dark side.
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I can tell you're going to have a long and celebrated posting career on this site. By all means, keep it up.
[QUOTE=Whoaly;51631517]There is literally no way to argue against it.[/QUOTE]
Hillary herself said the no fly zone wouldn't be enacted until after deliberations with Russia. She wanted them to come to an agreement over it.
I mean, what did you think she was going to do? Go up there on her first day and say "Yep we're sending F-35's to Syria, the no fly zone is active. If you're flying around there right now gtfo."
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