To a very unusual extent, U.S. diplomats have drafted two cables condemning President Donald Trump’s incitement to the lethal assault on the Capitol and urging government officials to possibly support invoking the 25th Constitutional Amendment to withdraw it. of the stop.
Drawing on what is known as the State Department’s “dissent channel,” career Civil Service and Foreign Service officials said they feared the siege on Congress last Wednesday could seriously undermine northern credibility. -American to promote and defend democratic values abroad.
“Failure to hold the president accountable would further damage our democracy and our ability to effectively achieve our foreign policy goals abroad,” according to the second of the two cables, which circulated among diplomats ago. a few days later they were sent to State Department executives.
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