If I'm Germany this is reason enough to strip his credentials.https://twitter.com/nedprice/status/1230305703254011904 …
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Isn't the likely outcome that even more things are going to be done by career staff? Sure, if the replacement were likely to be somebody sensible, but given that that's not likely, I don't see the upside, and plenty potential downside (Trump ire).