🚨 Biden just forced America's ambassador to Russia, John Sullivan, to step down. 🚨
The White House is pretending it's a normal diplomatic rotation.
That's a lie. 🧵
The White House is pretending it's a normal diplomatic rotation.
That's a lie. 🧵
Sullivan was a Trump appointee with a deep affection for Russia.
He had previously insisted he would stay in his post.
"They will need to get me out with a crowbar, because I won't leave until either they throw me out or the President says, 'Look, you gotta go home!'"
He had previously insisted he would stay in his post.
"They will need to get me out with a crowbar, because I won't leave until either they throw me out or the President says, 'Look, you gotta go home!'"
Biden apparently called Sullivan's bluff.
The gregarious Irish-American lawyer has been forced to resign.
Elizabeth Rood, a career State Department bureaucrat, will now replace him pending Biden's pick of a new ambassador.
The gregarious Irish-American lawyer has been forced to resign.
Elizabeth Rood, a career State Department bureaucrat, will now replace him pending Biden's pick of a new ambassador.
Why the change?
Ambassadors have little power to set policy, but they control the *tone* of daily diplomatic communications.
The Biden administration wants to take a harder line with Russia.
Expect the new ambassador to be someone the Russians will hate.
Ambassadors have little power to set policy, but they control the *tone* of daily diplomatic communications.
The Biden administration wants to take a harder line with Russia.
Expect the new ambassador to be someone the Russians will hate.
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