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WASHINGTON In the wake of warnings from the White House that career diplomats should resign if they do not support President Trumps policy agenda, the organization representing the nations foreign service officers Tuesday warned its members to not post on unapproved negative comments about the administrations policies on their personal social media pages.
In an email to members, the American Foreign Service Association noted that it has been flooded in recent days with questions from our members about what is and is not allowed regarding the expression of disagreement with the administrations policies.
Spokespersons for AFSA, which represents current and former foreign service officers at the State Department, USAID and other agencies, did not respond to a request for comment. But sources familiar with the situation said the email is unprecedented and reflects the growing anxiety career members of the executive branch feel about the new administrations hostility towards dissent.
The email comes after about 900 State Department employees signed a memo expressing their discontent with President Donald Trumps immigration order, Reuters reported.
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madaboutharry
(40,219 posts)The criticism must overflow everywhere. No behaving like cowards.
ProudLib72
(17,984 posts)doesn't even need to lift a finger to get everyone cowering in fear.
C_U_L8R
(45,019 posts)Things must be really off the rails in Trumpland
Dark n Stormy Knight
(9,771 posts)Nothing less than worship is acceptable. On your knees, peons!
PoindexterOglethorpe
(25,893 posts)Maybe they should all establish fake ones and post there.
Cha
(297,556 posts)Impedimentus
(898 posts)first people Trump would like to get rid of. I fear that the fate of many of them is already sealed, no matter what they do. The same goes for climate and environmental scientists. The Great Purge is just starting - it's going to get a lot worse.