Changes by the Trump administration have left US diplomats demoralized and less able to do their jobs, according to a scathing new report by the union representing foreign service officers.
The report, based on a survey of foreign service members, found that a vast majority of respondents — 98% — said morale had declined since January, and a third were considering leaving the foreign service early.
25% of the foreign service has “resigned, retired, seen their agencies dismantled, or been removed from their posts” since January, the report said, and more are considering leaving.
“The U.S. Foreign Service is being systematically undermined by its own leadership,” AFSA President John Dinkelman warned in the report, which is set to be released on Wednesday afternoon. “The Foreign Service—the very institution tasked with navigating our global interests—is being dismantled in real time.”
His ‘leadership’ style has fucked things up? No way?! How unusual. This must be the first time this has ever happened!!
It’s not as if this fat orange paedo is so useless at ruining things that he has 6 bankruptcies in his past, 4 of them bankruptcies for fucking casinos. Oh…waitLittle secret. It’s not just the diplomats. I’m not a diplomat and demoralized.
The administration has had a similar impact on most of the country.
America wanted this. The US wanted to be seen as a untrustworthy jack off because of racism. Kinda like the UK, right?
As the US becomes more isolationist (except for the occasional invasion of small, oil-producing countries), old-fashioned diplomacy will become extinct, replaced by a pay-to-play arrangement with Trump. As this article shows, it’s already in progress.
How odd.
In equally obvious news, asbestos flakes in mercury does not make for a healthy breakfast.
Both of those things are actually surprisingly harmless if swallowed. But don’t get any of either into your lungs.
Yeah I’m pretty sure swallowing mercury is pretty bad
Depends on the mercury. Elemental mercury is mostly fine unless you inhale the vapor, most other forms are really bad though.
Asbestos might not cause mesothelioma if ingested, but it’s been linked to digestive system cancers as well
You mean you DON’T inject your breakfast directly into your lungs every morning? Weird!
A high school friend competed for a defense attache position for Denmark in fall 2023 and was bummed when she wasn’t selected. Much less bummed now.
