Share this page!

Samantha Power Profile picture
Twitter logo
23 Nov, 3 tweets, 2 min read
Two quick thoughts on Linda Thomas-Greenfield, a 35-year veteran of the Foreign Service who will make an outstanding USUN Ambassador:
First: @LindaT_G held the top @StateDept job on African affairs and has deep experience/relationships in Africa over a storied diplomatic career—so important at the UN, where a majority of the Security Council’s agenda items are Africa-related. Her expertise will be critical.
Second: @LindaT_G was the highest-ranking Black diplomat @StateDept until Trump team asked her to leave in 2017. For a diplomatic corps that's been hollowed out, the return of a highly-respected, beloved colleague will be a much-needed 1st step towards revitalizing US diplomacy.

• • •

Missing some Tweet in this thread? You can try to force a refresh
　

Keep Current with Samantha Power

Samantha Power Profile picture

Stay in touch and get notified when new unrolls are available from this author!

Read all threads

This Thread may be Removed Anytime!

PDF

Twitter may remove this content at anytime! Save it as PDF for later use!

Try unrolling a thread yourself!

how to unroll video
  1. Follow @ThreadReaderApp to mention us!

  2. From a Twitter thread mention us with a keyword "unroll"
@threadreaderapp unroll

Practice here first or read more on our help page!

More from @SamanthaJPower

Samantha Power Profile picture
10 Jun
Since seeing @repjohnlewis visit Black Lives Matter Plaza this past weekend, I’ve been reflecting on how blessed we are to be inspired and led by an elected official of such decency and courage. 1/11 Image
I immigrated to the US at age 9 & attended Lakeside High School in Atlanta, #Georgia, where parents & the @NAACP had been battling DeKalb County officials & resistant community members to enroll more black students at Lakeside. Image
Thankfully they won, & my class (Lakeside Class of 1988) became the first in the high school’s history in which African-American students outnumbered whites.
Read 11 tweets
Samantha Power Profile picture
15 Apr
Thread showing that the very countries/leaders that the US wants to step up in the fight against #covid are horrified by Trump’s latest tantrum. The US #WHO funding cut off is both shameful & dumb.
African Union Chairperson Moussa Faki Mahamat
Top European Union foreign affairs official Josep Borrell
Read 9 tweets
Samantha Power Profile picture
9 Apr
Trump has put in place a de facto hold on funds to the @who, requiring agencies to obtain what appears to be ⁦@WhiteHouse⁩ clearance, which will cause needless delays & mean cuts at the worst possible time. A thread on why this is sheer madness: politico.eu/article/corona…
.@WHO needs $$ to urgently scale up in poor nations where #COVID is arriving&where death toll likely huge. @BillGates warns of some 10 mlln possible deaths in Africa. Trump may not care abt African lives, but he cares abt return to normalcy here-not poss when C19 raging elsewhere
See my @Nytimes op-Ed on how walls can’t protect us from large-scale outbreak in developing countries, as we are linked via family ties, global supply chains, and trading relations: nytimes.com/2020/04/07/opi…
Read 12 tweets
Samantha Power Profile picture
3 Mar
I have been drawn to the vision & electricity of @ewarren and the policy record of @MikeBloomberg on guns/climate. But I voted today for @JoeBiden. Here’s why:
The foundations of a progressive policy platform are empathy and decency, which @JoeBiden embodies to a truly rare extent. These qualities are also the antithesis of the narcissism and cruelty of @realDonaldTrump. The contrast will be stark.
.@JoeBiden is running not to go back in time or to “unite” w/ a @GOP that now cares more about itself than the country. He is running to bring America to a place where we care for one another, where everyone is seen and included & where government has your back when you stumble.
Read 9 tweets
Samantha Power Profile picture
14 Apr 18
1/6 Thread: a few preliminary thoughts tonight: US, FR, UK military strikes in #Syria are an appropriate response to the monstrous, repeated use of CW by the Assad regime against civilians.
2/6 More unilateral US sanctions wd not deter #Assad. Russia — which vetoed even the renewal of the UN-OPCW investigation mechanism, knowing it told the truth — would never allow any meaningful response through the #UNSC. Russia has never admitted a single regime use.
3/6 At one point some hoped that Iran — its own soldiers once gassed by Iraq — might press #Assad to cease CW use. But now, years into Assad’s serial use, Iran & Russia are completely complicit in Assad’s “win at any cost, win with any weapon” strategy.
Read 7 tweets

Did Thread Reader help you today?

Support us! We are indie developers!

This site is made by just two indie developers on a laptop doing marketing, support and development! Read more about the story.

Become a Premium Member ($3/month or $30/year) and get exclusive features!

Become Premium

Too expensive? Make a small donation by buying us coffee ($5) or help with server cost ($10)

Donate via Paypal Become our Patreon

Thank you for your support!

Follow Us on Twitter!

Like this author's thread?

Get email notifications when new thread is out from this Author!

Check out other threads from this Author!

Read all threads by @SamanthaJPower