BEIJING (AP) — The U.S. ambassador to China will step down early next month, ending a three-year tenure marked by a trade war and increasingly bitter relations between the world’s two largest economies.
I can only imagine who Fat Nixon is going to appoint?
Kanye?
I imagine he can find a replacement but why would anyone accept a very short term appointment. Also impotus has no problem leaving multiple posts unfilled.
Trump will appoint the guy on the left in the back, because, you know, Asian.
Mango Mussolini has turned me into a person I never thought I’d be, but I really, really hope that Mr Beebee here picked up a mighty nasty case of COVID…
I thought word leaked when Drumpf was blabbing to Joni Ernst over speakerphone with a bunch of donors listening in?
There it is:
" The reason for Branstad’s departure was not immediately clear. However, Trump said in a phone call shared via Twitter on Sept. 12 to Joni Ernst, a Republican senator for Iowa who is currently running for reelection, that Branstad was returning to the U.S. to campaign. The move seemed to come as a surprise to China’s foreign ministry, which told the Associated Press on Monday afternoon that it had not heard the ambassador was leaving."
Terry Branstad, U.S. ambassador to China:
“I am proudest of our work in getting the phase one trade deal and delivering tangible results for our communities back home.”
Meaningless twaddle.
Even the AP does better:
The U.S. ambassador to China will step down early next month, ending a three-year tenure marked by a trade war and increasingly bitter relations between the world’s two largest economies.
He fears Chiselin’ Trump’s October surprise involves nukes and China.
Probably looks good on the CV.
Likes being called “Mr Ambassador”…?
A pardoned Steve Bannon.
“My Asian-American”.
any and all questions about china can be answered by these 2.
preferably under oath
US Ambassador To China Stepping Down Next Month After Three-Year Tenure | Talking Points Memo
Are “the Iranians” going after him, too?
I remember this happening in previous administrations, approaching elections. I’m not surprised or alarmed. More will probably do the same in the near future and whomever gets appointed will be replaced by Biden’s administration.
Trump’s Razor when applied to hiring: the replacement is always worse.
Minister Lijiian is eloquently correct and succinct.
If he is a typical Trumper, the embassy will probably be better off without him.
Terry Branstad is bitterly disappointed that being an Ambassador was nothing like it was portrayed in the movie “Call Me Madam”, but was instead “a total shitshow”, and “pain in the ass”.