Senate Democrats Urge Trump to Drop Reported Plan to Dismiss Dozens of Ambassadors

Overview

• Lead Democrat Jeanne Shaheen of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee and colleagues formally asked President Trump on Dec. 24 to retract the policy.
• The reported administration plan targets ambassadors at roughly 30 overseas U.S. missions.
• Opposition lawmakers caution that executing the plan would harm the country’s reputation with foreign partners.
• The development remains a reported proposal rather than an action that has been carried out.
• Kyodo News reported the request in a Washington dispatch that regional Japanese newspapers republished behind paywalls.