Did you know tRump purged the state department

[Crepitus]

Of most of its middle east specialists just before starting a war in the middle east?

I mean talk about stupid.....

Fire them just before you need them the most, SMDH

How State Department cuts of Middle East experts affect U.S.'s handling of Iran war

In the escalating war in Iran, the State Department’s Bureau of Near Eastern Affairs would ordinarily be at the center of the geopolitical fray.

www.pbs.org

They fired the folks who do things like model the fallout from the closure of the straight of Hormuz too.

Oil and Gas Experts in State Department Fired in DOGE Efforts Prior to Iran War

The administration laid off people responsible for modeling scenarios like the Strait of Hormuz closure, reporting says.

truthout.org

 

[T. A. Gardner]

Of most of its middle east specialists just before starting a war in the middle east?

I mean talk about stupid.....

Fire them just before you need them the most, SMDH

How State Department cuts of Middle East experts affect U.S.'s handling of Iran war

In the escalating war in Iran, the State Department’s Bureau of Near Eastern Affairs would ordinarily be at the center of the geopolitical fray.

www.pbs.org

They fired the folks who do things like model the fallout from the closure of the straight of Hormuz too.

Oil and Gas Experts in State Department Fired in DOGE Efforts Prior to Iran War

The administration laid off people responsible for modeling scenarios like the Strait of Hormuz closure, reporting says.

truthout.org

Doesn't seem to have had any noticeable effects on foreign policy.

 

[Crepitus]

Doesn't seem to have had any noticeable effects on foreign policy.

 

[Hawkeye10]

Trump has never had any use for the State Department......it has been obliterated.