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Incoming United States president Donald Trump has named Callista Gingrich as the next ambassador to Switzerland. The diplomat represented the US at the Vatican during Trump's previous term in office.

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[–] dhork@lemmy.world 40 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (2 children)

Hey, we always paint Republicans in the worst possible light. Let's look at her qualifications:

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Callista_Gingrich

  • she was a congressional staffer during the impeachment process for Bill Clinton
  • She started having an affair with Newt Gingrich (who was 20+ years older at the time) while he was the House Speaker, investigating Bill Clinton's infidelity.
  • Newt left his second wife, who was suffering from MS, and eventually married her.
  • She made documentaries and wrote children's books, all in partnership with her new husband.

In short, she is living the Conservative woman's dream: the trophy wife, whose entire existence is defined by being healthy enough to appear alongside her husband for photo-ops. (Health is important: he dumped his other two wives when they got sick, after all.) All of her business, political, and diplomatic success is due to having sex with the right, powerful man.

[–] Rhaedas@fedia.io 5 points 2 years ago

Sounds like she's qualified for this administration.

[–] WilhelmStroker@lemmy.world 6 points 2 years ago

Draining that swamp.

[–] palmtrees2308@lemmy.one 5 points 2 years ago

Grinch stole the christmas

Do the Swiss have dalmatians?

[–] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago

People here are complaining, but I'd like you to tell me a better way to support Switzerland in its refusal to give up riches looted by the Nazis who then murdered the people they looted from in a massive genocide.

[–] Reverendender@sh.itjust.works 2 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (2 children)

Someone please reassure me in my belief that she can do very little world damage in this role.

[–] phdepressed@sh.itjust.works 4 points 2 years ago

I mean she's unlikely to damage too much. Actual diplomacy stuff is done by grunts at the state department. She's just a face and one that's been playing political games for a while. Any damage she can do is well overshadowed by what the orange will do.

[–] phoenixz@lemmy.ca 1 points 2 years ago

Why?

There are much bigger players that will do much, much bigger damage world wide. This one is a tiny fish in an ocean of sharks.