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Politics : The Trump Presidency
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To: Katelew who wrote (142496)11/6/2019 4:44:28 PM
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and they were all Obama holdovers.

In a sense. They are career diplomats. Their careers can. and often do, span many administrations. As a result, they tend to be non-political. As are most of the people who work in government who aren't appointed.

Each complained in varying words that Trump was trying to subvert US policy regarding Ukraine.

That wouldn't surprise me. They work in an environment where the policy is set ahead of time and then communicated through the various channels. Each person is accountable for his or her actions and everything is documented because of that. When people like Giuliani suddenly insert themselves into the process and claiming to have the blessing of the president without corresponding communications through normal channels, that is naturally seen as subversion. Because it is. If nothing else, there is no way to verify that is what the president actually intends.

Their full testimonies make clear that none seemed to remember that foreign policy is set by each individual POTUS.

Untrue. They fully realize that. The problem they have is there exists a process for presidents to change policy and communicate said changes to the various people responsible. That process wasn't followed. Or even recognized. Just some yahoo that popped up and started claiming authority.
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