Someone call Mel Brooks. I have an idea for a movie.
Are you thinking of an actor with the initials MM?
Well, I would have used Cleavon Little, except he’s dead. So, sure…let’s send…Mandy Moore? Meagan Markle? Melissa McCarthy? Mads Mikkelsen?
The problem is that this will then antagonize a temperamental, vengeful, and mentally unstable tyrant. France may be able to do it, but Canada is so geographically and economically closely connected to the US that pissing off the Orange Tyrant is not in the cards. It will be a very tough four years for Trudeau or whoever replaces him, a balancing act akin to trying to placate a particularly obtuse and temperamental 8-year-old wielding a machine gun. We have bigger things to worry about than the ambassador being a Tea Party lunatic, like the state of the national economy.
But maybe less so to the values the country which sent them, which is the raison d’etre for an ambassador.
Marcel Marceau. He was in Silent Movie, the only actor to speak. It was the word “No”
Yes, that’s part of their job, but that’s not the whole story. A major part of their job is to enable the best possible relations between the US and the country they’re posted to.
During the Cold War, for instance, the ambassador to the Soviet Union through three presidential administrations – those of Eisenhower, Kennedy, and Johnson – was the storied Llewellyn Thompson. He was a highly experienced and admired diplomat, described as “arguably the most influential figure who ever advised U.S. presidents about policy toward the Soviet Union during the Cold War.”
That’s what’s needed in an ambassador, not prison experience as an ex-convict, not a background as a Tea Party lunatic. An ambassador can represent his country’s interests without being offensively toxic to the sensibilities of the host country. Though not in Trumpworld, apparently.
It’s been years since I’ve seen that movie. I was riffing on the premise of Blazing Saddles, which is about the government wanting to appoint a sheriff so despised that the residents of the town would reject him.
Trump’s idea of how relationships (international and otherwise) are supposed to work is completely one-sided. France and everyone else isn’t supposed to like the US Trump; they are supposed to fear, obey, worship and send tribute in return for nothing but contempt.
I did not find an ideal thread, but we should get one going on the control of Trump in 2025. The whole idea from Democrats and experts (think MSNBC) is that we have to allow Trump since some 50% wanted him. It’s democracy! Even if they are low information voters and people who hate all government.
The goal is to prevent him as much as possible. Prove that democracy works even here, and that by 2026 we will have this under control. Isn’t this a bit of an expensive experiment? The failures in our constitution are obvious. If the president has the house and senate and the supreme court, there are only the states and lower federal courts to hold him back.
We’ll have to settle for the CBC licensing the rights to The Diplomat, but making it a half-hour, mean-spirited sit-com showing the ambassador bumbling their way through the Ottawa diplomatic scene. Episode One: “Who knew Quebec was so close to Ottawa when I called them “Poutine-eating surrender lumberjacks”?”
There’s evidence in today’s news that she knows Mexico cannot afford that:
I’m no expert, but I believe the reason the Mexican authorities do not do such raids routinely is because they increase the level of violence.
Ideally, the U.S. should be responsible for reducing demand. I know that is hard.
I suspect a major reason Mexican authorities don’t so such raids routinely is because they find it personally very lucrative not to.
It’s the only solution. As long as the demand is there, dangerous drugs like fentanyl will always be available. But if you’re Trump, it’s much easier to blame everyone else.
Mexico is the main source of fentanyl, but Canada is being blamed for the availability of some of the precursor components. This has historically been almost impossible to control, since these components have many different legal uses.
Hmmm…the fear of Trump and tariffs seem to be working.
Re last post, the last two paragraphs of the link explain that they always break up caravans. Sheinbaum says she explained that to Trump.
Some articles I read about Mexico treat it like a failed corrupt narco state. Other treat it as normie with, like every country, problems. The latter sounds more plausible. A majority of real cops are honest.. If Sheinbaum says something, it is probably true.
Sure … 
While it is tempting to put in a link to a comparable U.S. prison break, my true on-topic point is that the Mexican police have been breaking up every one of these FoxNews-publicized caravans for many years.
How do you know the Mexican police have broken up “every one” of the immigrant caravans? How many do you not know about?
And the major point here isn’t about helpless immigrants, it’s about the power of the Mexican drug cartels:
All of which is getting into a hijack of a thread about Trump policies, so we should probably end the hijack here, acknowledging that the Mexican government is going to have a tough time dealing with powerful, well-financed, and well-armed drug cartels.
Trump has now taken to insulting the Prime Minister of Canada on Truth Social while sitting on the toilet at midnight. It’s going to be a long, long four years …
Former Fox News personality, Gavin Newsom spouse, and Don, Jr. fiancé, Kimberly Guilfoyle, has been appointed Ambassador to Greece:
She meets at least one critical Trump criteria:
Also sounds like the Trump family found a good way for Don, Jr. to date up – at least, financially:
Sorry, Greece. I doubt this is going to help the recent trend toward anti-tourism. Sending you the consummate Ugly American … can’t help.
Nothing to see here. Move along, Folks.