Every single Ambassador, DCM, Attache and embassy floor sweeper serves at the pleasure of the President and he/she can fire every single one of them right now with “0” legal repercussion.
I have served at an Embassy and the Ambassador could also fire or kick out of country every single person in the Embassy. There might be a lot of political blowback to do so, and the president might remove them afterwards, but there could be no legal repercussions because they have that authority.
What a load of hooey this former Ambassador is trying to shovel.
A leftover of horse buggies and sailing ships. In this modern world of satellite videoconferencing, heads of state can just talk to each other on substantive issues and don't need Ambassadors except to oversee the consular office running visas.
There is a technical term called disintermediation, meaning throwing all the between guys and gals under the bus.
Every single Ambassador, DCM, Attache and embassy floor sweeper serves at the pleasure of the President
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Perhaps you can answer a question: I’ve always assumed ambassadorships were rewards for fundraising/campaigning. If so it stands to reason they would be highly partisan and also would not survive a change in the Presidency.
Is that true? Do these people have real accomplishments, language fluency, cultural fluency, social connections to the designated post?