‘Like Maga disciples’: meet the Trump envoys raising eyebrows in Europe
by Jon Henley in Paris, Helena Smith in Athens and Mi from US news | The Guardian on (#729B1)
US president has been blatant in his appointment of relatives, close friends and big donors - almost none of whom have diplomatic experience
When your goal is to help Europe correct its current trajectory" because it is weak", decaying" and facing civilisational erasure", your choice of highly trained operatives for the mission is plainly of paramount importance.
In Donald Trump's case they include: a former burger magnate; his eldest son's former fiancee; the owner of the Houston Rockets basketball team; a producer of Broadway musicals; PayPal's co-founder; and a convicted felon who is also his son-in-law's father.
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