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applegrove

(134,112 posts)
Fri Jul 10, 2026, 09:35 PM 5 hrs ago

Slobfather strikes again. Can't say this isn't intentional.

The US has left more than 40 African nations without a Senate-confirmed ambassador.

Some 41 African countries currently lack a confirmed envoy, including Nigeria, Kenya, the Democratic Republic of Congo, Libya, and Sudan.

www.semafor.com/article/07/1...

Semafor (@semafor.com) 2026-07-10T18:04:15.316Z
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Deuxcents

(28,466 posts)
2. He's too busy "beautifying" DC and zipping around on his now infamous jet to interview for positions
Fri Jul 10, 2026, 09:50 PM
5 hrs ago

It’s Africa and he only cares that he can deport people there so that’s the extent of his diplomacy

angrychair

(12,650 posts)
4. The headline is misleading
Fri Jul 10, 2026, 10:15 PM
5 hrs ago

I wouldn't put it past this administration to turn this all into a shit show but the normal protocol when there isn't a formal ambassador to a country is they have a senior career foreign services officer acts as the former US representative to that country. They don't have all the powers of an ambassador but can do most functions.

highplainsdem

(63,952 posts)
5. Apparently none of his racist donors want those ambassadorships. And he's showing African nations he
Fri Jul 10, 2026, 10:17 PM
5 hrs ago

doesn't consider them worth the US paying the $200,000 or so per year that ambassadors are typically paid.

Racism, and contempt caused by racism.

ColoringFool

(1,544 posts)
10. As for me, I wouldn't shed a tear about any of them (MAGAts included)......
Fri Jul 10, 2026, 11:24 PM
4 hrs ago

.....should I read about them all tomorrow morning.

If you catch my drift.

3Hotdogs

(15,823 posts)
9. They can't find anyone to take the job. Would you want to spend time in a shithole nation? Why I remember watching
Fri Jul 10, 2026, 11:23 PM
4 hrs ago

Tarzan documentaries when I was a kid. No taxis. Transportation? You swung from tree to tree on vines until you got to where you wanted to go.

Toilets? I never saw Tarzan's bathroom in those movies.

Running water? Well he did have the river... (I believe some of the films were made on the banks of the St. John's river in Florida.)

I wouldn't take the job. Would you?

3Hotdogs

(15,823 posts)
12. Sorry. It got in there because my uncle was an extra in a couple'a films shot there.
Fri Jul 10, 2026, 11:30 PM
4 hrs ago

That kinda sticks in my mind.

Still... glad yo liked the post.

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