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Party’s over: Trump takes fizz out of election night as embassies ditch soirees ['liberal tears' alert]
Politico ^ | 11/4/2024 | Suzanne Lynch

Posted on 11/04/2024 6:20:51 PM PST by simpson96

On second thought, hold that Champagne.

(snip) election day has finally arrived in the United States. But don’t expect Europe to join in the election night fun.

In stark contrast to pre-pandemic ballots, U.S. election night 2024 promises to be a sober affair in Europe, with U.S. officials in most European power centers having ditched the usual festivities. Embassies from Brussels to London, Paris and Berlin have decided against holding their usual watch parties.

The reason? The Trump effect. Many officials are still smarting from the shock 2016 election, when Donald Trump unexpectedly beat Hillary Clinton for the presidency — a political earthquake that left many top members of America’s diplomatic corps exposed as they absorbed the stunning election results in the presence of hundreds of journalists, foreign diplomats and officials who had been invited to election night parties.

“I don’t think there was appetite to watch another Trump victory,” said a senior diplomat based in Europe, adding that the 2016 embassy events had been “calamitous.”

That cringe moment was captured by former U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Samantha Power, who recalled in her autobiography how she had invited all female ambassadors to the U.N. to her residence for an election night bash only to watch her dreams of America’s first woman president go up in smoke.

Similar scenes played out in embassies across Europe. In Brussels in November 2016, then-Ambassador Anthony Gardner hosted an election party in the regal U.S. Embassy on Boulevard du Régent in Brussels. Attendees entered through the foyer under a smiling portrait of then-Commander in Chief President Barack Obama.

Attendees enjoyed wine and amuse-bouches as they watched the results roll in on giant TV screens. But as it became apparent voters were breaking for Trump, the mood darkened; one woman wept quietly.

(Excerpt) Read more at politico.eu ...


TOPICS: Chit/Chat
KEYWORDS: 201611; 2016election; anthonygardner; diplomats; europe; liberaltears; politico; pollutico; samanthapower; suzannelynch; unitednations; untiednations; usdiplomats
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To: desertsolitaire

Here’s hoping.


21 posted on 11/04/2024 6:37:21 PM PST by No name given ( Anonymous is who you’ll know me as )
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To: Billthedrill

one woman wept quietly.

Maybe this time she’ll weep loudly.

Stupid....person.

Dont wanna get booted the day before! :)


22 posted on 11/04/2024 6:37:22 PM PST by dp0622 (Tried a coup, a fake tax story, tramp slander, Russia nonsense, impeachment and a virus. They lost.)
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To: simpson96

“Attendees enjoyed wine and amuse-bouches…”

Fire every last one of them.

Every last one.

L


23 posted on 11/04/2024 6:37:33 PM PST by Lurker ( Peaceful coexistence with the Left is not possible. Stop pretending that it is.)
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To: Billthedrill
I didn't know about that one. Makes me feel warm and fuzzy all over again.

And this makes me feel warm & fuzzy too:

"But as it became apparent voters were breaking for Trump, the mood darkened; one woman wept quietly".

24 posted on 11/04/2024 6:38:13 PM PST by Inyo-Mono
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To: hercuroc
Just took part in a "Prayer for the Nation" event on Facebook

We will know within a few days if God is still with this great nation..

25 posted on 11/04/2024 6:39:08 PM PST by Churchillspirit (Pray for President Trump)
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To: simpson96
For posterity's sake.


26 posted on 11/04/2024 6:39:52 PM PST by jerod (Nazis were essentially Socialist in Hugo Boss uniforms... Get over it!)
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To: simpson96

The party’s over
It’s time to call it a day
They’ve burst your pretty balloon
And taken the moon away
It’s time to wind up the masquerade
Just make your mind up the piper must be paid
The party’s over
The candles flicker and dim
You danced and dreamed through the night
It seemed to be right just being with him
Now you must wake up, all dreams must end
Take off your makeup, the party’s over
It’s all over, my friend.


27 posted on 11/04/2024 6:41:13 PM PST by Southside_Chicago_Republican (Fight! Fight! Fight!)
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To: simpson96

Polutico basically said its going to be done early.
If Trump is “too close to call in VA”, its over.


28 posted on 11/04/2024 6:41:30 PM PST by Zathras
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To: simpson96
Recall these were the same election deniers who would not hang the photo of the duly elected president (Trump) as was customary in embassies and government offices.
29 posted on 11/04/2024 6:42:20 PM PST by llevrok (Say NO to a fourth Obama term!)
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To: lurk

Step one, get rid of all the pride flags in every embassy.

____________________________________________________

....and step two, replace all the diplomats currently in those embassies.


30 posted on 11/04/2024 6:44:11 PM PST by Bishop_Malachi (Liberal Socialism - A philosophy which advocates spreading a low standard of living equally.)
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To: Churchillspirit

That was true. Dammit.


31 posted on 11/04/2024 6:45:24 PM PST by rlmorel ("A people that elect corrupt politicians are not victims...but accomplices." George Orwell)
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To: simpson96

Really nice article. In fact, it’s delicious.


32 posted on 11/04/2024 6:46:01 PM PST by Bullish (Socialism is a weed that blooms into communism, the tyranny that strangles liberty.)
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To: simpson96

Cancel the fireworks!


33 posted on 11/04/2024 6:46:06 PM PST by outofsalt (If history teaches us anything, it's that history rarely teaches anything.)
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To: Churchillspirit

Yep, I flipped the bird at our Embassy in Warsaw when I saw the Pride Flag flying there.


34 posted on 11/04/2024 6:46:11 PM PST by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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To: Lurker
“Attendees enjoyed wHine and amuse bDouches…”

Fixed it!

35 posted on 11/04/2024 6:50:37 PM PST by outofsalt (If history teaches us anything, it's that history rarely teaches anything.)
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To: simpson96

Best news I have heard all election cycle.

US ambassadors seem to know which way the wind is blowing.


36 posted on 11/04/2024 6:50:57 PM PST by E. Pluribus Unum (The worst thing about censorship is █████ ██ ████ ████ ████ █ ███████ ████. FJB.)
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To: Billthedrill; sauropod

RIGHT?! I’m sitting here screaming “And nobody recorded it on their phone?”

I want to see these ladies weeping over their
amuse-bouches. 😆


37 posted on 11/04/2024 6:53:30 PM PST by hellinahandcart
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To: Churchillspirit

You didn’t know that? We’ve been violently jamming Pride Month up the nose of every nation on the planet the last 16 yrs.


38 posted on 11/04/2024 7:07:24 PM PST by lurk (u)
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To: dfwgator

‘Twould appear that the intelligence quotient of our embassy personnel is somewhat underwhelming. Oh, forgot, they are marshmallow majors, never having experienced a challenging subject. But they all got As in “Advanced Drink Mixing”.


39 posted on 11/04/2024 7:08:06 PM PST by Da Coyote
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To: simpson96

Poor puddins.


40 posted on 11/04/2024 7:10:31 PM PST by dforest
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