Comment by ulfw
16 hours ago
Most 'diplomats' of the new USA are just grifters like Witkoff or Kushner. Real estate people cosplaying diplomats.
The US as the world has known it is gone
https://apnews.com/article/france-us-ambassador-kushner-far-...
16 hours ago
Most 'diplomats' of the new USA are just grifters like Witkoff or Kushner. Real estate people cosplaying diplomats.
The US as the world has known it is gone
https://apnews.com/article/france-us-ambassador-kushner-far-...
Belgium too:
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/feb/18/belgium-invest...
And of course Joe Popolo in the Netherlands:
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/nov/11/displays-black...
(He later doubled down on the decision to erase any mention of the racial segregation black US soldiers were submitted to while serving in the army during WWII.)
Another example from Denmark: https://edition.cnn.com/2026/01/28/europe/us-embassy-copenha...
By no means exclusive to the US (e.g. Peter Mandelson).
We do a mini version of that corruption here in New Zealand too. Owen Glen was a donor who got a diplomatic posting to Monaco.
https://www.odt.co.nz/news/politics/key-concerned-murkiness-...
Definitely exclusive to the US due to the degree to which US presidents have been doing it.