Posted on 10/20/2019 11:36:59 AM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum
They’ve been derided as a “deep state,” slurred as “Obama holdovers,” threatened with draconian budget cuts and told President Donald Trump doesn’t even need them.
Now, America’s diplomats are taking their revenge.
In recent days, current and former foreign service officers have defied Trump administration orders and trudged to Capitol Hill to testify before House committees conducting an impeachment investigation against the president. Colleagues inside the State Department and their allies in the broader foreign policy community are quietly hailing them as heroes, with special praise for those testifying despite still being on the government payroll.
Story Continued Below In their testimonies, the diplomats have described being sidelined on Ukraine policy as Trump’s personal lawyer Rudy Giuliani and political appointees — apparently at the president’s direction — pursued a “shadow” foreign policy that included withholding some $400 million in military aid to Kyiv. Their boss, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, has attacked the House process as “ troubling” and defended the legitimacy of Giuliani’s efforts.
Overall, the diplomats’ testimonies have bolstered allegations that Trump tried to improperly pressure Ukraine to investigate former Vice President Joe Biden, a political rival. But some also used the platform to air long-held grievances about Trump and his aides’ treatment of the State Department’s career staffers, several of whom were demoted or sidelined after attacks by the conservative media.
The defiance has risks: It could deepen the rift between Trump and the State Department while fueling more global confusion over U.S. foreign policy positions. Many of Trump’s top aides view Foggy Bottom as a den of Democratic intrigue — a long- and widely held suspicion on the right with roots in the Cold War.
For now, though, it feels pretty good to hit back.
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The Stazi Department is more like it.
The Stazi Department is more like it.
Yep.
The American Taxpayers had a deal with the federal employees.
The American Taxpayers would provide protection to the federal employees from being fired for the way they voted.
In return, the federal employees would not take an active role in political campaigns.
The federal employees have broken their part of the deal.
You may not be able to fire these guys but posting them to some dangerous tiny country far from civilization should be in order.
political appointees — apparently at the president’s direction — pursued a “shadow” foreign policy that included withholding some $400 million in military aid to Kyiv.
Uh, these (bleeps) started it.
Because they are Deep State Obummer holdovers...
In other words they’re worse than snitches; they are lying bastards and bitches.
And what’s this, ‘For now it feels good to fight back.” Those buzzards - that really fried me. Didn’t JFK just totally ignore the State Department?? Not a bad tactic.
Primary reason for backstabbing.
Bureaucrats worried about becoming permanantly unemployable.
It’s Politico
So it’s garbage.
They should be called Politburo.
Proves PresidentbTrumpmwas right. Just watching all these deep swamp eels squirm!
President Trump is right not to trust any holdovers in the State Department, especially those who are dealing with Ukraine. They were actively trying to cover the tracks of Obama/Biden and the Clintons.
President Trump is right not to trust any holdovers in the State Department, especially those who are dealing with Ukraine. They were actively trying to cover the tracks of Obama/Biden (and son), Pelosi (and son), Kerry (and son), Schiff, AND the Clintons (and daughter).
Good picture of the writer of this garbage.
been time for 34 months
Cut it to the bone, fire them all and state that if so much as a vowel ever leaks out, all pensions will be suspended indefinitely
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