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Wikileaks asked Jr. that Trump ask Australia to appoint Assange as ambassador to the US. Not kidding
https://www.theguardian.com/media/2017/nov/14/julian-assange-australia-us-ambassador-wikileaks-urged-trump-jrOn 16 December, a month after Trump’s election, WikiLeaks asked Trump Jr to have his father “suggest” Australia appoint Assange to the post in Washington, DC.
“Hi Don. Hope you’re doing well!” WikiLeaks wrote to Trump Jr. “In relation to Mr. Assange: Obama/Clinton placed pressure on Sweden, UK and Australia (his home country) to illicitly go after Mr. Assange. It would be real easy and helpful for your dad to suggest that Australia appoint Assange ambassador to DC.”
WikiLeaks went as far as suggesting wording for Trump: “‘That’s ‘a real smart tough guy and the most famous australian [sic] you have!’ or something similar,” WikiLeaks wrote.
“They won’t do it but it will send the right signals to Australia, UK + Sweden to start following the law and stop bending it to ingratiate themselves with the Clintons.”
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Just wonderful. Wikileaks, the neutral apolitical defenders of transparency, tried to manipulate international diplomacy for a cheap PR-coup.
Because Clinton.
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