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Acting US ambassador to China resigns over Trump's Paris decision: report
The Hill ^ | June 5, 2017 | Brandon Carter

Posted on 06/05/2017 3:09:19 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet

The acting U.S. ambassador to China, David Rank, has reportedly resigned from his post over President Trump’s decision to withdraw the United States from the Paris climate agreement, according to a new report.

CNN reports that several sources familiar with the matter say Rank’s decision was directly tied to Trump’s decision to remove the U.S. from the accord, though his replacement in Beijing has already been approved by the Senate.

"Mr. Rank made a personal decision," a senior State Department official told CNN. "We appreciate his years of dedicated service to the State Department."

Rank has served as the deputy chief of mission at the embassy since January 2016 and had assumed the acting ambassador role until Trump’s choice for ambassador, former Iowa Gov. Terry Branstad (R), officially takes over. Rank has served in the foreign service since 1990, working in the Office of Afghanistan Affairs and the Office of Korean Affairs and serving in Taipei, Shanghai, Athens and Mauritius.

Rank becomes the second U.S. ambassador to publicly split with Trump in the past few days. Acting U.S. Ambassador to the United Kingdom Lewis Lukens publicly praised London Mayor Sadiq Khan for his response to this weekend’s terrorist attack on Sunday after Trump criticized him on Twitter.

“I commend the strong leadership of the Mayor of London as he leads the city forward after this heinous attack,” Lukens wrote.

Earlier Sunday, Trump criticized Khan for his comments following the weekend attack that killed at least seven people and wounded dozens more.

Trump appeared to be referencing Khan’s comments earlier in the day in which he said there was no reason to worry about the increased police presence in London.


TOPICS: Government; Politics
KEYWORDS: china; climatechange; diplomats; fakescience; trump
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Someone tell President Trump we've lost whatshisname, the guy filling-in in China. How will we ever recover?
1 posted on 06/05/2017 3:09:19 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Well . . . Bye!


2 posted on 06/05/2017 3:11:14 PM PDT by oldplayer
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To: oldplayer

Beautiful. Good news. MORE...please...


3 posted on 06/05/2017 3:12:12 PM PDT by rovenstinez
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

At least he didn’t try to go down like a martyr, like the acting AG. 28 years in the service. Timing suggests he’s calling it a career.


4 posted on 06/05/2017 3:12:36 PM PDT by DIRTYSECRET (urope. Why do they put up with this.)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

So. Much. Winning! :)


5 posted on 06/05/2017 3:13:00 PM PDT by Diana in Wisconsin (I don't have 'Hobbies.' I'm developing a robust Post-Apocalyptic skill set!)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Who assigned this putz to this ambassorship?


6 posted on 06/05/2017 3:13:13 PM PDT by NetAddicted (Just looking)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Adios, Mofo!


7 posted on 06/05/2017 3:13:25 PM PDT by dfwgator
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

What’s the Chinese word for Sayonara?


8 posted on 06/05/2017 3:14:25 PM PDT by Veto! (Political Correctness Offends Me)
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Huffy puffy....

Not that it means anything, but David Rank isn’t even listed in Wikipedia.


9 posted on 06/05/2017 3:15:17 PM PDT by Clutch Martin (Hot sauce aside, every culture has its pancake, just as every culture has its noodle.)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Send Ivanka over until Branstad arrives

WTH doesn’t Trump have his own ambassadors in Beijing London and Moscow?

Mitch? Anyone?


10 posted on 06/05/2017 3:15:54 PM PDT by silverleaf (We voted for change, not leftover change)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

C’mon State Department hacks—speak up and resign—hopefully by the hundreds.

Winning!


11 posted on 06/05/2017 3:17:16 PM PDT by cgbg (Hidden behind the social justice warrior mask is corruption and sexual deviance.)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

So many petty bureaucrats so greatly overestimate their importance


12 posted on 06/05/2017 3:17:35 PM PDT by PGR88
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To: rovenstinez

It is a hard thing, to have your religion attacked, and so brutally, as well.

At least this attache acted in a somewhat honorable fashion, unlike some other holdovers of the Former Regime of the territory located in the North American continent, from the years spanning 2009-2017.

The United States of America is back, and we’re bad, oh yeah, oh yeah.


13 posted on 06/05/2017 3:17:50 PM PDT by alloysteel (Don't worry, nothing is going to be OK. Positive assumption of negative outcome.)
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To: NetAddicted

Bummer...


14 posted on 06/05/2017 3:17:52 PM PDT by samantha (keep up the fight..)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

How ironic. China is one of the worst offenders of the Paris Agreement


15 posted on 06/05/2017 3:17:59 PM PDT by AppyPappy (Don't mistake your dorm political discussions with the desires of the nation)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Bye! Don’t let the door hit... you know.


16 posted on 06/05/2017 3:19:02 PM PDT by ataDude (.)
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To: oldplayer

Where is the “Well, Bye” graphic? This thread needs it.


17 posted on 06/05/2017 3:20:43 PM PDT by samtheman (Trump++)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

His replacement was already named and on the way. BIG DEAL


18 posted on 06/05/2017 3:21:05 PM PDT by hoosiermama (When you open your heart to patriotism, there is no room for prejudice.DJT)
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Who assigned this putz to this ambassorship?

Obola the Clown would be my guess.

19 posted on 06/05/2017 3:21:20 PM PDT by Responsibility2nd
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To: Veto!

Zai Jian


20 posted on 06/05/2017 3:22:22 PM PDT by samtheman (Trump++)
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