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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: 2ndDivisionVet

More signs of a war with North Korea is emminent. This guy is getting out of Dodge and virtue signaling at the same time - crafty operator with a sense of self preservation. We need to keep an eye on this one.


61 posted on 06/05/2017 3:50:46 PM PDT by datricker (Build the wall. If you build it, they won't come - Field of Dreamers)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Thanks, DV!


62 posted on 06/05/2017 3:51:23 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; All
Ananimous sources report that President was overheard saying: "Get him off my train!" 😁
63 posted on 06/05/2017 3:52:58 PM PDT by Cobra64 (Common sense isn't common any more.)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

When will the turncoat Lukens give up his post as ambassador to the UK after his open criticism of the President?


64 posted on 06/05/2017 3:54:58 PM PDT by txrefugee
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

That’s fine. Out with the old, in with the new.


65 posted on 06/05/2017 3:57:09 PM PDT by Not A Snowbird (SandyInPeoria just doesn't sound right... yet here I am.)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

An Ambassador serves the same function as an appendix.

Sits out there next to the anus.
They consume, but produceth not.
No one knows what they do.
Their removal causes O consequences.

Concluding query: Who gives a smelly Dorkbama if this clod resigns?


66 posted on 06/05/2017 3:59:01 PM PDT by Da Coyote
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Good!


67 posted on 06/05/2017 4:00:13 PM PDT by Williams (Stop tolerating the intolerant.)
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To: samtheman

RIP Curly Bill

68 posted on 06/05/2017 4:03:37 PM PDT by EEGator
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69 posted on 06/05/2017 4:03:56 PM PDT by EinNYC
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

No no... below the hard deck doesn’t count Maverick! If your replacement is due is a few days, you don’t get credit for a protest resignation.


70 posted on 06/05/2017 4:06:19 PM PDT by DesertRhino (Dog is man's best friend, and moslems hate dogs. Add that up.)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Sounds like Tillerson needs to clean house.


71 posted on 06/05/2017 4:06:50 PM PDT by DesertRhino (Dog is man's best friend, and moslems hate dogs. Add that up.)
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To: EEGator

Thanks!


72 posted on 06/05/2017 4:11:39 PM PDT by samtheman (Trump++)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

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


73 posted on 06/05/2017 4:11:45 PM PDT by bgill (CDC site, "We don't know how people are infected with Ebola.")
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Don’t let the door...


74 posted on 06/05/2017 4:18:25 PM PDT by Rebelrage ("To crush your enemies -- See them driven, and to hear the lamentation of their women")
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To: samtheman

You’re welcome. It’s always a pleasure to post anything to do with Tombstone.


75 posted on 06/05/2017 4:19:58 PM PDT by EEGator
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

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. ( per article and a lie)

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. (per article the truth)

ANYONE who takes #CNNisISIS as a worthy news source needs to review what they are reading...Home of Kathy Griffen, Cuomo, Tapper, Cooper and other idiots...


76 posted on 06/05/2017 4:24:29 PM PDT by HarleyLady27 ( "The Force Awakens!!!"...Trump and Pence: MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN!!!)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet
Wanna know why? Check this out...

The 500 most polluted cities on earth:
100 of the top 222 are in China... 187 of the Top 500 are in China.
The EU has 36 of the top 500, and they are all in Poland, Czech, Bosnia, and Macedonia.
Not one is in the US. NONE.
87% the rest are in the rest of Asia (India particularly).

(source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_most_polluted_cities_by_particulate_matter_concentration)

And now look at this:

2015 carbon dioxide emissions by country:
1. China 10.6 billion tons
2. USA 5.2
3. EU (all) 3.5
4. India 2.5
5. Russia 1.8

(Note: 10.6 > 5.2+3.5+1.8)

(source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_carbon_dioxide_emissions

Now check this out:

Under the Paris Agreement, China "promises" (and we can always trust Communist regimes with Social Issue promises 17 years out) to "peak" (meaning increase until it gets there) its emissions at a level "only" 34% higher than current emissions...

well 34% of 10.4 bn tons is 3.5 bn tons... which is equal to the entire output by the entire EU combined today. China already spews as much as the US-EU-and-Russia COMBINED, is the most polluted nation on earth... and gets to ADD another EU on top of that... while paying nothing... and the Western world has to cut back, and finance the developing countries.

(Source: http://www.reuters.com/article/us-france-china-climatechange-idUSKCN0PA1G420150630)

THIS is why China isn't happy about Trump pulling out, and why the Ambassador has quit. The Paris Agreement was simply another handout to the Chinese Communist Party, and the Stop-Capitalism-Now crowd.

77 posted on 06/05/2017 4:26:11 PM PDT by Teacher317 (We have now sunk to a depth at which restatement of the obvious is the first duty of intelligent men)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Congratulations on your trip to the land of irrelevance. Enjoy.


78 posted on 06/05/2017 4:31:49 PM PDT by mbrfl
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Congratulations on your trip to the land of irrelevance. Enjoy.


79 posted on 06/05/2017 4:31:53 PM PDT by mbrfl
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To: DIRTYSECRET

Oh, well, it’s early yet. He’ll probably be blabbing on Chuck Todd this weekend.


80 posted on 06/05/2017 4:36:41 PM PDT by miss marmelstein
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