Just a Devil's Advocate

[question everything]

Shouldn't a president, any president, have a right to appoint his own ambassadors and to recall the ones who, he feels, do not represent him the way he wants?

[Flaleftist]

1. They are supposed to represent America,

not promote his own personal political and financially interests.

[tonedevil]

2. Obviously he does...

just ask the former ambassador to Ukraine. Does that mean that if a president makes a shitty choice for shitty reasons we the people are not allowed to dissent? Since this shitty president has made this shitty choice and it has been made real the only thing I can see you advocating is that people shut up about his shitty choices. That seems a shitty choice for me and anyone who feels about what donald has done as I do.

[TidalWave46]

3. Yes.

Unless the move is to enable criminal behavior.

[The_jackalope]

8. Bingo

[Unbelievable]

4. Yes

But how dare you suggest we treat him as a US Citizen or respect him as a president.

[question everything]

5. The devil made me do it

and welcome to DU

[pecosbob]

6. Absolutely...they serve at the pleasure of the President

and firing one for any reason is his prerogative. What was wrong was using U.S. State Department personnel and others to coerce another government into aiding his re-election campaign.

[jberryhill]

7. Sure

There is a distinction between having the right and power to do something, and using that power for corrupt purposes.

Your question is like the getaway driver for a bank robbery asking, “Doesn’t my driver’s license entitle me to drive a car?”

Well of course he is entitled to drive a car. That’s a separate issue from his using his right to drive a car in order to transport felons from the scene of a crime to avoid capture.

[The_jackalope]

9. Great analogy! nt

[JustFiveMoreMinutes]

10. +1