
Ленинград

Забыл и забыл — кто-то опять помянет деменцию, но дело не в ней, а в том, о чем я сказал в предыдущей записи: Трамп почти ничего не знает о войне, а то, что знает, — все неправильно.
И это было бы полбеды, если бы вокруг Трампа были знающие люди. Но, во-первых, знающих людей в администрации практически нет, а если кто и есть (тот же Рубио что-то понимать должен), то они слова поперек Трампу сказать не могут, и заняты, главным образом, тем, что оправдывают его дикие выходки и высказывания.
У меня на днях был разговор с Часовщиком, в котором мы с ним разошлись во мнениях о том знает ли Трамп о существовании запорожской области. О ее существовании и Уиткофф не знает, куда там Трампу.
Financial Times о том же: No experts in the room: Donald Trump to meet Vladimir Putin after loss of Russia specialists
“It’s safe to say that Trump does not have a single policymaking person who knows Russia and Ukraine advising him,” said Eric Rubin, a former career diplomat who served as US ambassador to Bulgaria during Trump’s first term.Enjoy the truth:
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The NSC, which is responsible for co-ordinating input from across government agencies, would typically lead preparations for summits.
But in Trump’s second term, the NSC has been drastically pared back, with dozens of foreign policy and national security experts ousted from their jobs in May.
A senior US official familiar with the matter said: “My understanding is that the traditional Washington foreign policy process led by the NSC has largely broken down in this administration.”
More than 1,300 officials were let go at the state department last month as part of a government-wide drive to slash the federal workforce. Among them were analysts who focus on Russia and Ukraine at the agency’s bureau of intelligence.
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While the state department has not released official figures, the American Foreign Service Association, the union which represents US diplomats, estimates some 25 per cent of foreign service officers have left their jobs since January.
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“You can’t have him and Witkoff winging it because they just don’t know enough,” said Daniel Fried, the former US ambassador to Poland. “You need somebody in the room who can just look at the president, roll his eyes and shake his head.”
P.S. Хорошая запись

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