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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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To: RitaOK

No, Governor Terry Branstad of Iowa. McFarland was nominated for Singapore, which is more important than its size would denote.


41 posted on 06/05/2017 3:31:58 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet (You cannot invade the mainland US. There'd be a rifle behind every blade of grass.)
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To: RitaOK

Singapore....not China.


42 posted on 06/05/2017 3:33:20 PM PDT by Ann Archy (Abortion....... The HUMAN Sacrifice to the god of Convenience.)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

So an career bureaucrat, put in position by Obama and made acting embassador offer President Trump fired his superior, is tending his resignation? No BFD, this parasite just saved the trouble of firing him.

Buh-bye!


44 posted on 06/05/2017 3:35:01 PM PDT by WMarshal (President Trump, a president keeping his promises to the American people. It feels like winning.)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Good! We need ALL of these 0bungie holdovers/interim weanies to resign, NOW.


45 posted on 06/05/2017 3:35:02 PM PDT by Jane Long (Praise God, from whom ALL blessings flow.)
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To: xrmusn

He got rid of all the political appointees early on. This guy was a career diplomat.


46 posted on 06/05/2017 3:35:05 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet (You cannot invade the mainland US. There'd be a rifle behind every blade of grass.)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

His new job is the Chinese ambassador to the US


47 posted on 06/05/2017 3:35:44 PM PDT by joshua c (To disrupt the system, we must disrupt our lives)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet
Rank becomes the second U.S. ambassador to publicly split with Trump in the past few days.

More fake news! Rank was temporary and his replacement, Branstad, was already chosen and announced last December (Dec. 7, 2016).........LOL!

Trump picks longtime friend of Beijing as U.S. ambassador to China

48 posted on 06/05/2017 3:36:35 PM PDT by Hot Tabasco (If a cow ever got the chance, heÂ’d eat you and everyone you ever cared about.)
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To: Diana in Wisconsin
Acting US ambassador to China resigns over Trump's Paris decision......

(May 22, 2017). "Terry Branstad confirmed as U.S. ambassador to China".??????????


49 posted on 06/05/2017 3:37:45 PM PDT by caww
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To: Ann Archy

Oh, thank you for the correction! Appreciate it.


50 posted on 06/05/2017 3:38:46 PM PDT by RitaOK (Viva Christo Rey! Public Education/Academia are the farm team for more Marxists coming... infinitum.)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Good, we do not ignorant people in such positions.


51 posted on 06/05/2017 3:39:59 PM PDT by mulligan
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To: Jewbacca

Yes..It looks like Terry Branstad was already confirmed so what’s this guy doing...trying to make waves or something....???


52 posted on 06/05/2017 3:39:59 PM PDT by caww
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Why does every one of these deals have to suck for this country and then when common sense intercedes it causes all this chaos? Don’t bother it was a rhetorical question.


53 posted on 06/05/2017 3:40:47 PM PDT by VTenigma (The Democrat party is the party of the mathematically challenged)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

David Rank, no one really cares.


54 posted on 06/05/2017 3:40:47 PM PDT by BestPresidentEver
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Don’t let the door hit you on the way out.

JoMa


55 posted on 06/05/2017 3:40:57 PM PDT by joma89
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To: Veto!
What’s the Chinese word for Sayonara?

The closest I could get was: 肏你祖宗十八代

It means "F*** your ancestors to the eighteenth generation".

56 posted on 06/05/2017 3:41:57 PM PDT by WMarshal (President Trump, a president keeping his promises to the American people. It feels like winning.)
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To: caww

Trump hinted that Branstad could be headed to China even before Election Day..... and announced plans to nominate him before he even took office.....so was this guy an old hold over from Obama’s losers?


57 posted on 06/05/2017 3:44:54 PM PDT by caww
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To: Clutch Martin

So CNN reports that several sources...blah blah blah.....no wonder it’s old news ....they’re just trying to sell more of their crap.


58 posted on 06/05/2017 3:47:05 PM PDT by caww
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To: BestPresidentEver

Rank amateur.


59 posted on 06/05/2017 3:48:01 PM PDT by reg45 (Barack 0bama: Gone but not forgiven.)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

David Rank is not quoted in the article. The entire story is from CNN by an unnamed State Department official.

I don’t believe it.


60 posted on 06/05/2017 3:49:09 PM PDT by Tai_Chung
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