More 'Trump Doctrine Explained' by State Department Official

[yallerdawg]

https://www.yahoo.com/news/saudi-democracy-gives-state-dept-pause-220848019.html

[C_U_L8R]

1. Brain farts have a new name

Covfefe.

Oh the poor synapses. Diving right off the cliff like that. The humanity!

[kimbutgar]

2. They got rid of the smart guys and left the dummy chump people supporters

What an embarrassment to our country.

[James48]

3. Stuart Jones

Long time career State Department guy.

Bio from State.gov:

Stuart E. Jones, a career member of the U.S. Foreign Service, was appointed Acting Assistant Secretary of State for the Near East Affairs Bureau on January 9, 2017. Ambassador Jones had previously served as the Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary of State since October 3, 2016.

Acting Assistant Secretary Jones previously served as US Ambassador to Iraq from 2014-2016 and as Ambassador to the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan from 2011-2014.

Ambassador Jones has extensive experience in Iraq. He was Deputy Chief of Mission at the American Embassy in Baghdad in 2010-2011, Governorate Coordinator in Al Anbar Province in 2004, and Country Director for Iraq at the National Security Council.

From 2008-2010, Ambassador Jones also served as Deputy Assistant Secretary of State at the State Department’s Bureau of European and Eurasian Affairs. Prior to that, he served as Deputy Chief of Mission at the American Embassy in Cairo, Egypt. Other foreign tours include Turkey, El Salvador and Colombia and he was Special Assistant to the U.S. Permanent Representative to the United Nations, Madeleine Albright.

Ambassador Jones is a graduate of Duke University and the University of Pennsylvania Law School.

[erronis]

4. Tough place to be in - defending anything to do with an idiot president

James48:

Stuart E. Jones, a career member of the U.S. Foreign Service, was appointed Acting Assistant Secretary of State for the Near East Affairs Bureau on January 9, 2017. Ambassador Jones had previously served as the Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary of State since October 3, 2016.

I'll give this career diplomat quite a few brownie points for just letting silence tell the reality, and for not breaking out in a cold sweat.