This is from 'Conservative' Politico
Trump has diplomats abandoning vows of silence
The Republican presidential candidate's international insults are making it tough for envoys to stay quiet as diplomatic custom requires.
To be fair, Trump's candidacy is testing the norms of plenty of professions, including journalism and psychiatry. But perhaps nowhere are the stakes higher than the realm of international relations.
Analysts struggle to recall another U.S. election where so many foreign leaders have so directly weighed in on the merits of a particular candidate. Even in 2004, when much of the world detested George W. Bush, due to the debacle in Iraq, foreign leaders and their envoys generally held back during the campaign.
As thousands of diplomats gather for the U.N. General Assembly here this week, many are struggling to hold their tongues about the brash billionaire running for the White House, a man who has managed to tick off much of the planet.
The British Parliament, whose lawmakers aren't technically diplomats even debated whether to ban Trump from the United Kingdom.
"For our people in Washington, Trump is an enigma. When they look at his foreign policy views and advisers they're scratching their heads," a U.N.-based European diplomat said.
And this is the guy the rightwingnuts want to lead the civilized world. I used to think of them as just naive and/or ignorant, which sill applies, but now you can add STUPID, without a doubt. Remember this article is from POLITICO, a rightwing, Conservative source.
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