State Dept. fearful under Trump: They want to blow this place up and turn diplomacy over to Kush

[riversedge]

Source: raw story





State Dept. fearful under Trump: ‘They want to blow this place up’ and turn diplomacy over to Kushner


Travis Gettys

01 Mar 2017 at 13:11 ET


State Department staffers — at least, the ones who haven’t quit or been fired — are left with little to do and plenty of time to ponder their existential dread.

The neglect and purposeful destruction under President Donald Trump have left career foreign service officers feeling “adrift and listless,” according to a new report by The Atlantic.

Trump’s budget will reportedly slash the State Department’s funding, and both the president and his chief strategist have suggested federal agencies would remain understaffed and underfunded as part of an effort to destroy them.

“They really want to blow this place up,” said one mid-level State Department officer. “I don’t think this administration thinks the State Department needs to exist. They think Jared [Kushner, Trump’s son-in-law] can do everything. It’s reminiscent of the developing countries where I’ve served. The family rules everything, and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs knows nothing.”

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Read more: http://www.rawstory.com/2017/03/state-dept-fearful-under-trump-they-want-to-blow-this-place-up-and-turn-diplomacy-over-to-kushner/

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Reminds me of what Trump is doing to ACA!


.............. chief strategist have suggested federal agencies would remain understaffed and underfunded as part of an effort to destroy them.
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[ffr]

1. You're correct. That's exactly what they're doing to the ACA

I imagine the USPS and other agencies will be next.

Best get on the privatization wagon or be left out.

[yallerdawg]

2. Functioning like a corporate raider!

Lay off workers, run lean, break it up, sell it off.

Look for the next target.

"A cabinet of billionaires."

[C_U_L8R]

3. Trump's doing what he does best

Bankrupting. In this case, bankrupting democracy. The guy is a walking disaster and a choke artist. Failure is his middle name and we've got to deal with it.

[lagomorph777]

4. This is preparation for the Russian invasion.

We will be helpless without the State Department.

[GliderGuider]

11. No, this IS the Russian invasion.

nt

[Beacool]

5. Trump is nuts.

Kushner is a real estate developer and a slumlord, what the heck does he know about foreign policy?????

The portion of the article about leaving agencies understaffed and underfunded is all Bannon. He believes in creating chaos. He admitted at CPAC that every head of an agency was chosen to deconstruct that agency. Trump may be an ignorant idiot, but Bannon is truly evil and he has Trump's ear.

[JudyM]

13. Bannon appeals to tRump because of lowering taxes and because tRump needs to view himself as

bold and edgy, it's an adolescent respect/popularity thing. Oh, yeah, and Russkies. That's certainly how it looks.

[MontanaMama]

6. The State Department exodus will continue

and there will be no one in control that knows anything about anything. This is a thinly veiled attempt to weaken us until we can easily be taken over by Russia, I fear.

[NCjack]

7. All Federal employees: Please shelter in place. No one

should retire or resign. Maybe, when McConnell and Ryan have gotten all they can get out of #45, he will be removed.

Now is the time catch up on all that relevant reading. Learn a new language. Etc.

[OKNancy]

8. Link to the original Atlantic article

https://www.theatlantic.com/international/archive/1857/11/state-department-trump/517965/?preview=ImJ8hxMbJxKglrU5iTrGuW3kbDY

[mahatmakanejeeves]

9. State of Resistance: @AltStateDpt

State of Resistance: @AltStateDpt

[riversedge]

18. Thanks for tweet

[mahatmakanejeeves]

19. "The Truth Is Out There."

I watched back-to-back episodes of The X-Files last night.

[brer cat]

10. This is absolutely insane.

F'ing assholes want to destroy our country and turn over all of our assets to themselves and their billionaire buddies. I wonder how long it will be before they try to eliminate Congress and SCOTUS? They won't need them once the takeover is complete.

[MBS]

12. Heartbreaking and terrifying, as well as insane. n/t

[keithbvadu2]

14. When things go badly, Trumpiteers like Bannon will blame 'the Jew'.

When things go badly, Trumpiteers like Bannon will blame 'the Jew'.

No sarcasm here.

[Mr. Sparkle]

15. It is strange that they hard targeted the State Department

almost as if the Manchurian President was following out Russian orders.

[tableturner]

16. Exactly! He keeps doing things that you would expect from a president being blackmailed by Russia.

The list is endless! I cannot come up with a logical alternative explanation.

[Volaris]

17. The high functionality and professionalism of America's State Department

Has been one of our federal governments crown jewels since before it WAS the State Department; since John Adams was appointed the ambassador to Great Britain.

Now Steve Bannon wants to turn it into a buttplug for Trump to wear for him.