The right has been skeptical of the State Department since the McCarthy era when they claimed it was crawling with commies. So it surprised me that we haven’t seen this until now:
A draft of a Trump administration executive order proposes a drastic restructuring of the State Department, including eliminating almost all of its Africa operations and shutting down embassies and consulates across the continent.
The draft also calls for cutting offices at State Department headquarters that address climate change and refugee issues, as well as democracy and human rights concerns.
The purpose of the executive order, which could be signed soon by President Trump, is to impose “a disciplined reorganization” of the State Department and “streamline mission delivery” while cutting “waste, fraud and abuse,” according to a copy of the 16-page draft order obtained by The New York Times. The department is supposed to make the changes by Oct. 1.
Shutting down embassies across Africa seems particularly stupid. Do they think Africa is going away ? Or are they just planning to wage war against the whole continent? I can’t imagine why anyone thinks this is a good idea.
And yeah, why should we concern ourselves with climate change and refugee issues? Those are totally irrelevant issues to the United States Of America. Great idea.