As global crises multiply, scores of US diplomats say they have been forced out

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

Amid ongoing foreign policy crises around the globe and as the Trump administration struggles to reach a deal to end the war with Iran, the State Department last week finalized the firings of nearly 250 foreign service officers in a brief, impersonal email.

“Your reduction in force separation will be effective today,” part of it read. “Thank you again for your service to the Department.”

Those reductions in force (RIFs), which were initiated last July, also impacted more than 1,000 civil service officers, and saw the firings of entire staffs in offices that former officials say would have been able to provide guidance on the war in Iran, which is having severe consequences for the US and global economy. The State Department has consistently maintained that the RIFs were meant to eliminate redundancies and that work on key issues was maintained and moved to different offices.

Beyond the firings, scores of experienced foreign service officers with decades of experience have retired. Nearly a dozen former officials who spoke with CNN said it is clear that the Trump administration has no upward assignments or promotions, like ambassadorships, available for career diplomats, leaving them with no options in an “up or out” system.

https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/global-crises-multiply-scores-us-150050578.html

[Irish_Dem]

1. Trump is taking a wrecking ball to everything that made the US great.

All gone or severely damaged.

[yellow dahlia]

3. The Destruction is the Point! (on one of my protest signs)

As we always say, ID - who benefits?

[Irish_Dem]

5. Yep. The entire point was to destroy the US.

The US has been in a civil war started by our enemies.
Americans have destroyed their own country.
Our enemies are thrilled and Trump gets richer every day.

Great protest sign YD.

[yellow dahlia]

7. Thanks!

[EdmondDantes_]

2. Not that it justifies anything, but Trump wouldn't have listened anyway

The next Democratic president is going to need to rebuild so much. But then we need to dramatically limit the power of the president to destroy so much.

[mucifer]

4. I still believe trump is a sadist who wants to destroy as many people in the world as possible.

he's hiring sadists to help.

[RainCaster]

6. IMO, Putin owns him

The Cantaloupe Caligula is Vlad's bitch. Yes, it sounds crude but I can't think of another way to put it. TSF has been under the thumb of Russian mobsters for so long that he knows nothing else.

[Swede]

8. Trump has family, Fox and realtors to get all the advice he needs.

Who needs ambassadors, civil servants and the State department?

[Disaffected]

9. Snort, "Reduction in Force Separation"

The new euphemism for getting fired.