"When your goal is to help Europe correct its current trajectory because it is weak, decaying and facing civilisational erasure, your choice of highly trained operatives for the mission is plainly of paramount importance."
"In Donald Trump's case they include: a former burger magnate; his eldest son's former fiancee; the owner of the Houston Rockets basketball team; a producer of Broadway musicals; PayPal's co-founder; and a convicted felon who is also his son-in-law's father."
"They are basically all relatives, close friends or big givers [donors], said one EU diplomat, who asked not to be named. That's always been the US tradition, but it's never been quite this blatant. These are like Maga disciples. Others have been blunter. The craziness of these nominations reflects a total contempt for human dignity, custom, and the law. Only whim matters, said a former French envoy to the US, Gerard Araud, after one pick was announced."
Europe is characterized as weak, decaying and facing civilisational erasure, prompting emphasis on selecting highly trained operatives. Recent US ambassadorial appointees to European capitals include wealthy donors, relatives and close associates such as a former burger magnate, a former fiancee of his eldest son, the Houston Rockets owner, a Broadway producer, PayPal's co‑founder and a convicted felon connected by family ties. Many nominees are multimillionaires or billionaires who donated tens of millions to the campaign and lack diplomatic experience. Critics describe the nominations as blatantly partisan, MAGA‑aligned and contemptuous of dignity, custom and the law. The US security strategy claims Europe faces cultural collapse from migration and institutional overreach.
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