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Julian Englis

(2,309 posts)
Fri Jun 29, 2018, 10:43 PM Jun 2018

US ambassador to Estonia resigns over frustration with Trump

Source: The Hill

The U.S. ambassador to Estonia has resigned over his frustration with President Trump's comments about the European Union (EU) and treatment of longstanding European allies.

In a private Facebook post first reported by Foreign Policy magazine, James Melville slammed Trump's recent comments accusing the EU of being set up to take advantage of the U.S., saying the remarks ultimately pushed him to resign.

"For the President to say the EU was 'set up to take advantage of the United States, to attack our piggy bank,' or that 'NATO is as bad as NAFTA' is not only factually wrong, but proves to me that it's time to go," he wrote in the post, according to Foreign Policy.

"I leave willingly and with deep gratitude for being able to serve my nation with integrity for many years, and with great confidence that America, which is and has always been, great, will someday return to being right," Melville added.

Read more: http://thehill.com/homenews/administration/394930-us-ambassador-to-estonia-resigns-over-frustration-with-trump



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US ambassador to Estonia resigns over frustration with Trump (Original Post) Julian Englis Jun 2018 OP
'NATO is as bad as NAFTA' jpak Jun 2018 #1
And another MyOwnPeace Jun 2018 #2
He was nominated by Obama oberliner Jun 2018 #3
That is part of the GOP playbook... IthinkThereforeIAM Jun 2018 #4
After 33 years of service in the State Dept... DesertRat Jul 2018 #5

MyOwnPeace

(16,928 posts)
2. And another
Fri Jun 29, 2018, 10:53 PM
Jun 2018

career professional leaves because the serious matters of the job are not important, well, at least to the idiots that voted for someone who had NO public service experience and has had numerous experiences in corporate bankruptcy in handling his own businesses.

"Yeah, we want someone who tells it like it is?"

Did you read what he said: "I leave willingly.......with great confidence that America, which is and has always been, great, will someday return to being right."

Thank you sir, for your service.

 

oberliner

(58,724 posts)
3. He was nominated by Obama
Sat Jun 30, 2018, 01:30 AM
Jun 2018

Must be hard for any ambassadors nominated by Obama to do their job with Trump in office.

IthinkThereforeIAM

(3,076 posts)
4. That is part of the GOP playbook...
Sat Jun 30, 2018, 10:24 AM
Jun 2018

... make the job so odious that good people quit. And then say, "you big baby"!

DesertRat

(27,995 posts)
5. After 33 years of service in the State Dept...
Sun Jul 1, 2018, 04:14 PM
Jul 2018
“Having served under six presidents and 11 secretaries of state, I never really thought it would reach that point for me,” he wrote, referring to a career with the State Department that started in the mid-1980s.

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