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by Waterluvian 32 days ago
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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".»

I highly recommend that people read about his crimes on Wiki: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Kushner#Criminal_convi...

It reads like a low-level mafia guy from New Jersey. The only thing missing from the story was faking his death.

Example:

    > [Charles] Kushner hired a prostitute to seduce his brother-in-law, arranging to record a sexual encounter between the two and send the tape to his sister.
Epic!
The US ambassador to Iceland made an inappropriate comment about Iceland being the 52nd state and was summoned by Icelandic President to explain. A poor joke, apparently.

One almost wonders if the US admin is actively trying to get one of its ambassadors declared persona non grata.

Is 52 a typo or did he really say that? The US has 50 states, so why not 51?
I suspect that the implication in context was that the 51st state would be Greenland. Which doesn't really help make this less of a diplomatic faux pas.
Probably a reference to the "joke" that Canada would soon become the 51st state
Maybe his views are more heterodox and he was counting Puerto Rico as 51st! (sarcasm, in case this isn't clear)
Greenland is the 51 state.
It would seem like that, but that's bonus. It's really about the spoils of crony oligarchy.
The US ambassador to France is a <pardoned> convicted felon, father of Jared Kushner.
A distinction without a difference, he was pardoned by Jared's father in law.
I think it makes a huge amount of difference exactly because of what you stated. A pardon absolves one of the sin as if it didn't happen, legally. It however does not wipe the knowledge from people's mind as if it were the gadget from Men In Black. So, adding the <pardon> bit just adds to the depravity
> A pardon absolves one of the sin as if it didn't happen, legally.

This is incorrect. A pardon is not an expungement. The conviction remains a usable historical fact and could still be referenced in later legal procedings.

Exact ramifications vary between innocence-based pardons, rehabilitiation-based pardons, and pure discretionary clemency.

In fact, part of accepting a pardon is accepting guilt. That can particularly be consequential if there is a civil case associated with the criminal charges. For example, if I'm charged with drunk driving and I run into someone's house, by accepting a pardon I have to admit that I'm guilty of drunk driving which the home owner can then use in their civil suit to extra money for the damage I caused.

This is part of the reason why people will sometimes not accept a pardon.

I think you're missing the point. If you are a felon, there is baggage that comes with it which varies depending on the state. Some felons can no longer vote or legally own a firearm. Some felons find it hard to find a place to rent. Unless of course, you've been pardoned.

I also even stipulated that people could not be made to forget about it. Yet, you then reiterate that after telling me I was incorrect.

fair enough!
If true, there must be something seriously, profoundly, wrong in the Beltway.

It somehow seems like a huge number of people are working to throw America down the drain faster.

See also Atlas Shrugged
Instead of being a ding, that might make him a serious candidate for presidency then. He can only go up from here.
Speaking of Jared Kushner, what has happened to our nation that this grifter twit is fronting one of the most strategically consequential negotiations on behalf of this nation? Is there any precedent in our history for what is going on these days?
Kushner is doing his job, which is to sabotage the negotiations. The US wants energy dominance over the EU, Japan and China and he perfectly fills his role of seemingly attempting permanent negotiations without results.
In US history, pehaps not. In world history, probably.
> what has happened to our nation

You elected a sexual predator and conman with a cult of personality as president, twice

>what has happened to our nation

Politics became a social media-based reality show, replacing policy with vibes.

https://nitter.net/pic/orig/media%2FHL_G9ZGbwAAZrvi.jpg

That's what they want you to think. See the gent sitting down next to your elected VP? That is a "prince", a scion of an Arab FAMILY. The grifter twit standing over them? Another "prince", this time of a Jewish FAMILY.

They have goals; they have policy preferences, I assure you. Trillions of dollars are involved.

Let's just call a spade a spade: this is the emergence of Oligarchy International, sold to us as "a time of confusion because of media chaos".

Now show me the same from the Democratic party.
> 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

I can understand most of what our conservative party does but I do not understand their obsession with Israel. I feel the nation should be supported and deserves to exist, but that they're doing a lot of inhumane things right now and saying that in the USA right now gets you called an antisemite incredibly fast.
It's because Israel is necessary for hosting the Apocalypse, and they are eager for it to happen so Jesus will return.

I wish that was a joke, but its not, and it's terrifying.

Which is just weird. There is nothing in their holy book like that, they just made it up and now it drives foreign policy.
In whose holy book? Plenty of New Testament Biblical exegesis about the so-called "end times" involves things that could be interpreted as involving modern-day Israel (for example, the Jewish people returning to their homelands).

So: Jewish holy book? You're correct. Christian holy book? Answer is dependent on the sect of Christianity you are talking about.

Every Christian picks and chooses the parts of the Bible they want to follow, and then adds their own "interpretation" to it. So you get Christian sects with all sorts of beliefs.

The earliest Christians thought that Jesus would return while they were still alive.

Other people have read all kinds of things into the texts which aren't really there.

"weird" is a polite term for it. "crazy" is more like it.
It we rule out the possibilit thet they have "something on them", which I rule only because it kills discussion I would guess that the reason is simple tribalism.

The opposing side hates them, so naturally, because we are all semi-developed monkeys, you need to support them. No matter what.

you put it right here:

> I feel the nation should be supported and deserves to exist

this is to say, you believe that israel should be supported in what it does, and that the inhumane stuff deserves to happen.

you arent in conflict with the conservative party.

if you said the same about nazi germany - that the nation should be supported and deserves to exist, that would be a very explicit support for the genocide.

the government is doing the things you want it to

> you put it right here: > > I feel the nation should be supported and deserves to exist > this is to say, you believe that Israel should be supported in what it does, and that the inhumane stuff deserves to happen.

Except you purposefully cut off where I said they're doing inhumane things that are not defense. I DO support their right to exist, but not their tactics. They're slaughtering tens of thousands of innocent people for every terrorist they get.

> you arent in conflict with the conservative party.

I assure you, I am. In most ways.

> if you said the same about nazi germany - that the nation should be supported and deserves to exist, that would be a very explicit support for the genocide.

Does Germany have a right to exist? Yes. Did Germany have a right to exist in 1918 and in 1939? Yes. Did it have the right to start two major wars and slaughter tens of millions? No.

You CAN support someone's right to exist without also supporting EVERYTHING they might ever do. That's a ridiculously extreme statement.

> the government is doing the things you want it to

Again, no, it's not. You ignored half of what I said and then decided supporting existence equals supporting genocide.

I regret this reply already, this was not a serious attempt at a conversation on your part.

The most simple explanation I've come up with for Russia and Israel is that they have incriminating kompromat on them.

Probably Epstein files on Trump, some sort of equivalent awfulness for the rest.

I just can't imagine at this point that Trump supporters or his cronies would care about literally any kompromat that might exist. Basically anyone who's payed any attention knows the dude's a pedophile, and he himself said that he could shoot someone in time square, with it televized, and he wouldn't lose supporters.
Whatever the explanation, the Russia - Trump connection goes back to the 1980s.
You mean Pete "they're burning politicians" Hoekstra?

https://youtu.be/thIRJLsnIxY

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.

I wish I could disagree with you, but I live in Florida.
Trump's approval rating is in the 30s and has been for a while. He won a plurality not a majority of the votes in 2024. An even larger number of eligible voters didn't vote.

Also Congress was meant to be the democratic representation of the people. Technically, the president is elected by the states.

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.

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).
Are you saying this as a generality, or just about USA's ambassadors?
I have no idea how it works for non USA countries.

I at one point took the FS exam and planned to go into the FS (and therefore know the process, how career progression works, and know people who did end up joining). I know how the US system works, but not anyone else's.

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!

I found out I lived in a "no go zone" from an American I thank him since I didn't realize. All of the rioting hordes have become really good at staying under the radar, they are able to destroy everything then hide all of the evidence so it looks like absolutely nothing happened.
That’s the guy the Americans have stuck us with now.

Top. Men.

BUT HE SAW IT ON FOX NEWS
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...

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