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angrychair

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4. The headline is misleading

Reply to applegrove (Original post)

Fri Jul 10, 2026, 10:15 PM

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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.

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