Maytag Repair Man, i.e. US Ambassador to Russia Jon Huntsman, is resigning.

[Tommy_Carcetti]

https://www.cnn.com/2019/08/06/politics/jon-huntsman-resignation-letter-russia/index.html?utm_medium=social&utm_term=link&utm_content=2019-08-06T16%3A27%3A06&utm_source=twCNN

US Ambassador to Russia Jon Huntsman resigns

Washington (CNN) — US Ambassador to Russia Jon Huntsman has submitted his resignation letter to President Donald Trump and plans to move back home to Utah, according to a source familiar with his thinking.

His resignation is effective October 3 and there is some speculation that Huntsman is planning to run for governor of Utah, a role he previous served in from 2005 to 2009. However, a source close to Huntsman told CNN that decision is still up in the air, saying: "We shall see, it's been a long two years."

Huntsman's departure comes as Fiona Hill, the top official on Russian affairs at the National Security Council, is also expected to leave her post this month.

I mean, come on. Did anyone honestly believe that Huntsman was ever in the position to conduct any sort of actual diplomacy with the Kremlin? Please, we all who actually runs the show there and how they actually conduct their business:



Meanwhile, Huntsman's basically this guy, except living in Russia:

[Wellstone ruled]

1. Bet he is running for

Governor. One only needs to know how the State of Utah operates.

[Tommy_Carcetti]

2. Buried deeper in the story. It all makes perfect sense now.

CNN previously reported that Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin discussed the need for a new US ambassador in Russia while speaking on the phone last week. The two men did not mention any names of potential replacements for Huntsman, two officials said,

[dalton99a]

4. +1. Putin: "Donald, give me a new one"

[hlthe2b]

3. Well, given Utah is almost assuredly going to have another R governor, they could do worse than

Huntsman. Despite playing the pawn to Trump, he's an old school Republican with more than a single functioning neuronal synapse.

[UTUSN]

5. While he's at it, could he take his daughter off The View?!1

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[JHB]

6. I wonder how many people under 40 can say...