re: #111 lawhawk

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Trumpworld is a grifter’s paradise where con artists think they can play Trump to advance their own agenda.

Trump is more than willing to go along since he’s going to accept the first bidder….

Well, TBH, the practice of giving out ambassadorships - normally to peaceful, out-of-the-way countries - as a “reward” to deep-pocket political donors is neither new nor different: it’s been that way as long as I can remember; and generally, un-remarked-on. The main difference here seems to be that the grubby detail of the monetary haggling have been made public: welcome to the Information Age….