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In reply to the discussion: Trump has changed my world view in a profound way. [View all]BlueMTexpat
(15,368 posts)how the highest and most senior career officials in my former USG agency - the State Department - have either been forced out, have resigned or have been entirely disregarded, even "shunned."
Unfortunately, it is not only the State Department that has been affected in such a way. Our government may not ever recover.
Too many people STILL do not understand how important this is. These are career USG officials with priceless stores of knowledge and experience who could have been successes anywhere they chose to go. But they chose to serve our nation - despite whatever their political differences - and to work for the good of us all.
I will NEVER forgive the "purists" who still dare to call themselves "progressive," but who deliberately chose NOT to support Hillary Clinton in the GE for whatever flawed rationale and have not since regretted that.
As a result, I have come to hate the term "progressive" and am VERY proud to be what I always have been - a liberal.