Captain Chaos struck again this morning when (using twitter because a normal press release just wouldn't do.) he announced the sacking of Secretary of State Rex Tillerson. Tillerson will be replaced by Mike Pompeo presently the Director of the CIA. If you've never heard of Mike Pompeo don't feel bad he's a former Republican Congressman from Kansas whose almost as bright as Donald Trump which of course is an oxymoron.
It's rather interesting timing given Donald Trump's recent acceptance to meet with North Korean leader Kim-Jong un possibly as soon as May. Neither Donald Trump or Mike Pompeo have any experience with diplomacy. Nor our they experts on North Korea nor is anyone else in the administration as there is no U.S. ambassador to South Korea as the person nominated by Trump withdrew his name over comments he made about taking military action against the North if they failed to give up their nuclear arsenal. Which they will never agree to. The foreign service officer who was working on this issue has also resigned.
Given Donald Trump's penchant for not listening to actual good advice or just going with his gut instinct will only lead to a diplomatic cockup.
It's rather interesting timing given Donald Trump's recent acceptance to meet with North Korean leader Kim-Jong un possibly as soon as May. Neither Donald Trump or Mike Pompeo have any experience with diplomacy. Nor our they experts on North Korea nor is anyone else in the administration as there is no U.S. ambassador to South Korea as the person nominated by Trump withdrew his name over comments he made about taking military action against the North if they failed to give up their nuclear arsenal. Which they will never agree to. The foreign service officer who was working on this issue has also resigned.
Given Donald Trump's penchant for not listening to actual good advice or just going with his gut instinct will only lead to a diplomatic cockup.
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