New York Times reports on the crisis at London Embassy under Trump donor Woody Johnson
Source: raw story
Published 1 min ago on July 24, 2020
Presidents Donald Trumps Ambassador to the United Kingdon has worried diplomats for a pattern of poor judgment according to a bombshell report by The New York Times.
Playing host at a small dinner on Tuesday night in honor of Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, the American ambassador to Britain, Robert Wood Johnson IV, told his guests that the wine was from President Trumps vineyard in Virginia. He was serving it, he joked, even though it might be ethically improper, the newspaper reported. The next day, Mr. Johnson was not making any more jokes about ethics. On Twitter, he insisted he had followed the ethical rules and requirements of my office at all times after The New York Times reported that at the presidents request, he had raised with a British official the idea of steering the British Open golf tournament to Mr. Trumps Turnberry golf resort in Scotland.
In the ranks of the American diplomatic corps, Mr. Johnsons enthusiasm for pleasing Mr. Trump has raised questions about whether Mr. Johnson a 73-year-old pharmaceutical heir, N.F.L. team owner and longtime friend of the presidents has put promoting his boss over his diplomatic duties, The Times reported. It has also deepened the misgivings of the London embassys staff about his judgment, given his reputation for off-color jokes and remarks to subordinates that some said have crossed the line into sexism or racism. His behavior has eroded morale among career diplomats and has surfaced in a State Department inspector generals look at the embassy, the results of which are in a report filed in February but not yet released............................
Read more: https://www.rawstory.com/2020/07/new-york-times-reports-on-the-crisis-at-london-embassy-under-trump-donor-woody-johnson/
Maggie Haberman @maggieNYT
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"Playing host at a small dinner on Tuesday night in honor of Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, the American ambassador to Britain, Robert Wood Johnson IV, told his guests that the wine was from President Trumps vineyard..." @MarkLandler
@jakesNYT
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rzemanfl
(29,556 posts)the name Woody Johnson is absurd?
Asking for a friend.
Mr.Bill
(24,263 posts)Groucho's example was Peter O'Toole.
mr_lebowski
(33,643 posts)forgotmylogin
(7,523 posts)"...The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation..."
But yeah, the only thing they missed is naming him Richard.
agingdem
(7,834 posts)woody johnson...not even with a double dose of viagra...
underpants
(182,733 posts)The piece said he was a pharmaceutical heir so I double checked the lightbulb going off in my head. Yeah great grandson of the founder. Thats serious money. Hes worth about $4B.
olddad65
(599 posts)Les Johnson. True story.
FrodosNewPet
(495 posts)The Velveteen Ocelot
(115,659 posts)BigmanPigman
(51,582 posts)action by tRump. It falls under the category of "presidential norms...never written laws". So legally he can grift off of his office because he is the first POTUS to have the nerve to flaunt the "norms".
bringthePaine
(1,727 posts)olddad65
(599 posts)Totally Tunsie
(10,885 posts)riversedge
(70,182 posts)@tedlieu
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US House candidate, CA-33
If below is true, @USAmbUK
Woody Johnson needs to resign. There is no place for racism, sexism or corruption in our @StateDept
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IG Linick was investigating. Is this another reason @SecPompeo
asked @realDonaldTrump
to fire Linick? @HouseForeign
should expand our investigation.
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scarytomcat
(1,706 posts)I assume the American people paid for this wine. Not a gift from Trump?
But also his wine has a low reputation and is not very good I hear. Insulting to our guests?
and then the golf course thingy...
It all looks bad real bad.
GusBob
(7,286 posts)This is the new normal in post truth america
In fact, sounds like he is setting up for 2024 run
Steelrolled
(2,022 posts)but with the advent of cables news, I think it is year-around.
stillcool
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I don't get it.
My bad...no wonder I didn't 'get' it...he was making a joke.