Thinking about your response. Would it be a bad thing if diplomats in both the US and Russia who served during O’s administration are replaced? Might help drain the swamp.
LOL. No the diplomats are not the ones who determine US foreign policy. They implement it. No doubt those expelled will be intelligence and military related diplomats. They will be replaced. Those that are PNG'd will go back to postings with their agencies.
The bad part about being PNG'd is that you have only 72 hours to get out of the country. The dependents and the Embassy are stuck with the logistics of shipping their effects out, paying bills, and terminating leases.