GQ: Trump Is Waging War on America’s Diplomats
And the impeachment inquiry is only making things worse. With new figures and fresh horror stories, Julia Ioffe reports on how the president is politicizing our embassies, alienating our allies, and decimating the ranks of the foreign service.
With the help of former Secretary of State Rex Tillerson and Donald Trump, the State Department has faced drastic changes in the last couple of years. One foreign service officer, who had been with the department for 30 years says his career ended after he mentioned Barack Obama’s name in a speech.