'Bonkers crazypants': American diplomats shaken by reports of possible cuts [View all]
Source: Politico
U.S. diplomats were shaken and even panicked during the weekend as a document purporting to be a draft executive order that would radically reshape the State Department circulated and boosted their fears of massive job cuts.
Secretary of State Marco Rubio dismissed reports of the document as “fake news,” but the jitters underscored how alarmed many are about the lengths the Trump administration will go to to reshape the State Department as part of a so-called efficiency drive.
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Diplomats sharing the draft with each other said they were puzzled by the logic undergirding it. One U.S. diplomat described the draft to POLITICO as “bonkers crazypants.”
The diplomat added: “There’s a lot that could be reformed, but you could give infinite monkeys infinite typewriters, and they would come up with something better than that.”
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Since TFG is calling it “fake,” I am pretty certain it’s probably accurate
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