Who’s side is the State Department on, anyway? /s
They often go native wherever they are posted.
Case in point, Iranian born Valerie Jarrett's parents...
I can assure you that, while Sec Pompeo ‘might’ be on the President’s side and America’s side, 99% of the US Dept of State is not. Pretty much, damn near all of them hate the United States and love Socialism/Communism/Fascism, with all their heart. However, they do so because no matter where they live, no matter how desperate the situations are, in whatever country they serve in, they are protected by the US and they’re life is paid for, by the US. They don’t want for anything. Their kids, if it’s a post where the family can accompany them, go to the finest schools, costing the US taxpayer $20-30k a year, per kid. They stay in the nicest parts of town, if they’re allowed to live on the local economy. If something happens to them, they get treated in the best hospitals. All the while they hate the very country that supports them.
The State department needs to remember it’s their
job to represent the US to other countries, not to
represent other countries to the US. That’s what
other countries’ foreign ministries are for.