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State Department Recalls 29 Ambassadors

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Posted By: earlybird, 12/22/2025 7:43:33 PM

The United States has recalled almost 30 career diplomats from ambassadorial roles. All of the ambassadors were appointed under President Joe Biden and are senior members of the State Department’s Foreign Service, which produces career diplomats to serve in Washington and abroad. These diplomats tend to stay in their roles for a few years and usually do not leave when there is a change in administration, as they are trained to carry out the president’s agenda, no matter which party occupies the White House.

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Reply 1 - Posted by: jimincalif 12/22/2025 8:00:43 PM (No. 2044286)
Personnel is policy. Anyone appointed by President-ish Autopen must be presumed to oppose President Trump’s policies.
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Reply 2 - Posted by: Ketchuplover 12/22/2025 8:02:48 PM (No. 2044288)
I hope the Somali ambassador does not come back ten times richer than when he left.
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Reply 3 - Posted by: earlybird 12/22/2025 8:11:50 PM (No. 2044295)
I don't agree with Riichman, Trump and Rubio don't either....
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Reply 4 - Posted by: skacmar 12/22/2025 8:22:46 PM (No. 2044297)
This will be protrayed as an end of foreign relations, end of diplomacy action by the media and Democrats. They will all act as ifthis has never has happened before and that Trump and Rubio are the first administration to ever recall Ambassadors that they have not appointed. The lifetime State Department bureaucrats will howl with disapproval like foreign relations will end without them.
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Reply 5 - Posted by: Birddog 12/22/2025 8:51:11 PM (No. 2044313)
"TRUMP IS ANTI WOMAN!!!!" Most of these staff people appointed instead of actual Ambassadors are women...expect Shumer to slow walk or stall confirmation of them ALL.
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Reply 6 - Posted by: hershey 12/22/2025 9:14:10 PM (No. 2044318)
More new employees for McDonalds...
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Reply 7 - Posted by: doctorfixit 12/22/2025 11:10:08 PM (No. 2044349)
The Dept of State is a nest of Communist spies CIA operatives, drug runners, assassins, and charlatans. Of all the sewers on Washington. It Is the most vile
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Reply 8 - Posted by: WV.Hillbilly 12/22/2025 11:35:45 PM (No. 2044357)
They should have all tendered their resignations on day one or face termination.
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