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Waterluviantoday at 12:27 PM10 repliesview on HN

The American ambassador to Canada is also a complete clown. It’s pretty obvious he has an audience of one and absolutely loves the flavour of boot black.


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bambaxtoday at 1:06 PM

The US ambassador to France is a convicted felon, father of Jared Kushner.

From Wikipedia:

«In February 2026, French authorities restricted Kushner’s direct access to government ministers after he failed to attend a summons from Foreign Minister Jean-Noël Barrot, sending a senior embassy official in his place. The French foreign ministry cited an "apparent failure to grasp the basic requirements of the ambassadorial mission".»

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throwaw12today at 1:09 PM

> The American ambassador to Canada is also a complete clown

Since we are talking about American ambassadors, Mike Huckabee, American ambassador to Israel, doesn't seem like to work for America, it feels like he is an ambassador for Israel

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mx7zysuj4xewtoday at 1:46 PM

You mean Pete "they're burning politicians" Hoekstra?

https://youtu.be/thIRJLsnIxY

JSR_FDEDtoday at 1:38 PM

The former Trump US ambassador to the Netherlands, Pete Hoekstra, claimed there were “no go zones” in the Netherlands where politicians and cars were being set on fire. He called it “fake news” of course, then denied having ever called it fake news, and then eventually claimed it was a mix-up of countries.

Only the best people!

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DanielHBtoday at 1:13 PM

What the US is doing is not that different from wolf tiger diplomacy that China was running during the 2010s

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wolf_warrior_diplomacy

This kind of antagonism comes from the top. China mostly toned it down recently because it is ideology-driven counter-productive, we will see how long it takes the US to do the same.

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JdeBPtoday at 12:57 PM

I am wondering whether there will be any effect to petition e-7124. It seems unlikely, to me.

* https://noscommunes.ca/petitions/fr/Petition/Details?Petitio...

Mezzietoday at 1:15 PM

Ambassadors to developed nations are typically political appointees, so yeah, they tend to suck. (Versus ambassadors to other nations, which tend to have worked their way up in the Foreign Service).

iso1631today at 12:54 PM

The ambassador is a representative of the American President, so that fits.

As democracy is perfected, the office of president represents, more and more closely, the inner soul of the people.

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kergonathtoday at 12:50 PM

The American ambassadors to almost anywhere are complete clowns these days. Obnoxious, unfunny, despicable clowns.