WTF! Trump's ambassador to SA under fire for nepotism allegations

[malaise]

https://mg.co.za/article/2020-02-10-trumps-ambassador-to-sa-under-fire-for-nepotism-allegations/
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The United States House Committee on Foreign Affairs has raised alarm bells about allegations of nepotism and other management issues at the US embassy in Pretoria.

But according to a letter obtained by Foreign Policy, the committee’s investigation into the US ambassador to South Africa, Lana Marks, has been frustrated by the US State Department for nearly three months.

According to the letter — signed by committee chair Eliot Engel and ranking member Michael McCaul — the committee raised concerns in November 2019 after Marks referred to her son, Martin Marks, as her “chief of staff” in a now deleted tweet.

Many of the committee’s queries to the State Department about the younger Marks’s role at the embassy, as well as any US government resources afforded to him, were left unanswered, the letter reads.

Marks was nominated as the ambassador by US President Donald Trump in 2018 and was sworn into office in October 2019. She is a South African-born fashion designer with no prior diplomatic experience.

In an interview with the Daily Maverick last year, Marks said she has had a “nice acquaintance” with Trump and his family for more than 23 years.

[Iliyah]

1. Shithole only hires the best! . . .

[nolabear]

2. My shocked face. 😳

[Lindsay]

3. As they say, the fish rots from the head

and nobody is better at nepotism for himself and selected subordinates than Trump.

[yellowcanine]

4. She is safe if she comes up with some Biden dirt.

[GoCubsGo]

5. Oh, yeah. Heard about his the other day.

Can't remember where. Might have been Bob Cesca's podcast, or maybe Randi Rhodes bought it up. She's a goddamn handbag designer, ffs. Another Palm Beach resident and Merde-A-Lardo member, not surprisingly. But, but, but Hunter Biden...

[lunatica]

6. How else can you start dynasties?

It’s the modus operandi of Trumpism. If you’re loyal to Trump you get to imitate his governing style.