Speaking of government corruption

[timelets]

How an actress and a chiropractor became an American Trump ambassador.

https://twitter.com/davidfrum/status/1203413049467711489

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[tijd]

She was suggested by Elliott Broidy (who is currently under investigation for corruption).

Broidy’s ambassador picks who were selected include George Glass, an Oregon businessman and a major Trump donor, who is the ambassador to Portugal; Robert Kohorst, a wealthy donor from Pasadena, California, ambassador to Croatia; real estate magnates “Papa Doug” Manchester (Bahamas) and Carla Sands (Denmark); former LA Dodgers co-owner Jamie McCourt (France); and Bay Area tech entrepreneur Trevor Traina (Austria).
https://www.propublica.org/article/elliott-broidy-sessions-turned-to-convicted-fundraiser-for-advice-on-attorneys

Of course, with a president such as Trump, perhaps it doesn’t matter whether ambassadorships are sold to the unqualified rich. He abruptly canceled his planned state visit to Denmark after his grand idea about acquiring Greenland was rejected as "absurd" by the country’s prime minister, Mette Frederiksen. Even a top-flight diplomat would be flummoxed. But if Trump had bothered to ask — and if there had been an ambassador capable of answering (or savvy enough to preempt the president’s question) — the reaction to his proposal to buy Greenland could have been predicted.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2019/08/22/cushy-ambassadorships-go-donors-so-now-chiropractor-is-handling-fallout-over-greenland/

[chuka_lis]

да, окружение трампа сплошь "хорошие друзья".