"They reject the charge that some career ambassadors might be out of step with the president, conveniently overlooking examples like Ambassador Bridget Brink. Brink represented the president for four months in Kiev before resigning to run for Congress as a Democrat, particularly denouncing Trump's Ukraine policy. She stayed four months under Trump not to represent the president's diplomacy in that country, but to try to change it, departing only when it was clear she could not."
"When asked if some career diplomats might not be enacting Trump policies, Dinkelman said he found such an idea 'inconceivable.' For Dinkelman, Trump's recall decision is a catastrophe, nothing short of State Department's Götterdämmerung: 'This is unprecedented. This is unheard of. This is a sabotage of the American diplomatic machine. This is an affront to the professional Foreign Service that we have spent decades, a century in building in our country.'"
About 30 career ambassadors were recalled by the Trump administration, prompting criticism from Foreign Service elites and media. Some ambassadors have acted contrary to presidential policies, exemplified by Ambassador Bridget Brink, who served four months in Kiev before resigning to run for Congress as a Democrat and publicly denouncing Trump's Ukraine policy. AFSA president John Dinkelman condemned the recalls as unprecedented sabotage, calling it an affront to the professional Foreign Service. AFSA leadership tends to align with Democratic priorities and oppose Republican administrations, framing the recall as improper presidential interference in State Department operations.
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