Seven Months After Firing His Ukraine Ambassador, Trump’s Still Looking For A Replacement | Talking Points Memo

Months after former U.S. Ambassador to Ukraine Marie Yovanovitch was recalled early from that job, in May, the Trump administration is still looking for someone to fill the void.


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They are just looking for someone with the proper qualifications.
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Ghoulsie will do it for free.

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But seriously, who would take this gig, now? Talk about a resume stain.

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Someone will, count on it.
I bet his staff person for this has already received 60 CVs.

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I’m available. Already know some good bars… There’s this great apple vodka place in town, too…

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his Russian handlers haven’t told him who to name yet? or he needs to wait a bit after his Ruskie meeting so no one will suspect?:skull:

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… an adviser to Pompeo, the State Department counselor Ulrich Brechbuhl, was working on narrowing down a list of potential names for the vacancy.

He’s narrowed it down to two finalists:

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I don’t know why he needs one - he already has representatives crawling around over there all the time. I know the country needs an ambassador to Ukraine but that’s different and I’m sure he doesn’t give a shit.

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if you know the words, then please sing along.

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Mariia Butina’s citizenship application isn’t done yet.

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Naw, too toxic. Even Soros rejected it.

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I’m surprised Taylor is still there, after his testimony he’s not exactly popular with the Republicans. Maybe they realize how bad the optics would be to fire any of these people, so they are waiting for the “right time”.

I guess we can hope that the winning Democrat in 2020 sends Yovanovitch back in there, she was apparently the right person for the job.

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Is it any wonder the position has gone vacant? I can’t imagine anyone with an ounce of integrity taking the job. I would assume even the slimeballs are concerned about getting involved with ongoing criminal/treasonous activity.

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I suspect filling ambassadorships have gotten trickier of late. It’s as if people don’t want to join Sondland in song.

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Rudy Rudy Rudy :crazy_face:

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Nobody wants to work for Dickhead Donnie! Why would they?

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Not like anyone is Russian into Ukraine.

Chill, comrades, all is swell, the Mandarin Candidate is well entrenched…

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The title of this article is misleading. Trump is not “looking for” anything other than a Get-Out-Of-Jail-Free card

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