(May 22, 2017). "Terry Branstad confirmed as U.S. ambassador to China".??????????
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.
No, Governor Terry Branstad of Iowa. McFarland was nominated for Singapore, which is more important than its size would denote.
Singapore....not China.
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!
Good! We need ALL of these 0bungie holdovers/interim weanies to resign, NOW.
He got rid of all the political appointees early on. This guy was a career diplomat.
His new job is the Chinese ambassador to the US
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
(May 22, 2017). "Terry Branstad confirmed as U.S. ambassador to China".??????????
Oh, thank you for the correction! Appreciate it.
Good, we do not ignorant people in such positions.
Yes..It looks like Terry Branstad was already confirmed so what’s this guy doing...trying to make waves or something....???
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.
David Rank, no one really cares.
Don’t let the door hit you on the way out.
JoMa
The closest I could get was: 肏你祖宗十八代
It means "F*** your ancestors to the eighteenth generation".
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?
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.
Rank amateur.
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.
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