Who would you, as president of the United States, send to South Korea amid the most heightened nuclear tensions since the Cuban Missile Crisis? An experienced diplomat or … your daughter, a woman with no training or expertise whatsoever in international relations.
"The decision to send her to South Korea did not sit well with some senior officials in the West Wing, two people familiar with the situation told CNN. The nuclear threat from North Korea and the tensions already boiling across the Korean Peninsula made any US delegation far more than ceremonial….
"[White House Chief of Staff Gen. John] Kelly was advised by those closest to him that it would be a losing battle to oppose Ivanka as the delegation's leader."
The most powerful nation in the world is now a goddamn laughingstock represented by a handful of bumbling, ill-informed amateurs no brighter than the dimwitted voters who put the primary bumbler in charge.
Chief State Department expert on North Korea resigned today to "spend more time with his family." Hmmm...
Posted by: Liam | February 27, 2018 at 11:49 AM
"most powerful nation" is questionable
Posted by: Diane | February 27, 2018 at 12:59 PM
What do you mean now?
Posted by: Peter G | February 27, 2018 at 04:46 PM
That seems a little harsh rather than funny. But let’s be honest the word now would have to encompass a little over a year to be accurate. This must be tough on anyone who set out academically to study American political history. Who wants to study cranial proctology. Goes with the territory now I suppose.
Posted by: Peter G | February 27, 2018 at 04:59 PM
True...and hey, it's not like we were not warned by a certain person (with the initials HRC) that this guy who's now the President and the people that he picked for his cabinet were not the right people to put into power.
But, you know...emails. And some people wanting to be morally pure by throwing their votes to a charlatan who's a Putin apologist. Or not voting at all.
So here we are.
Posted by: Marc McKenzie | February 27, 2018 at 05:54 PM
Turns out we just heard wrong. Trump’s dentures were a bit wonky and what he actually said was he was going to hire the pest people. Four more of whom were fired today for being unworthy of a security clearance.
Posted by: Peter G | February 27, 2018 at 07:03 PM