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demmiblue

(36,779 posts)
Fri Nov 16, 2018, 12:08 PM Nov 2018

Trump Offered to Nominate Ricardel as Ambassador to Estonia, Sources Say

Source: Bloomberg

President Donald Trump offered to nominate Mira Ricardel as ambassador to Estonia after first lady Melania Trump forced the deputy national security adviser out of the White House, according to two people familiar with the matter.

Ricardel turned down the posting to the Baltic state, two of the people said. It’s unclear if the White House plans to offer her any other position.

Ricardel, National Security Adviser John Bolton’s top deputy, departed the White House on Wednesday after clashing with Melania Trump’s staff over the first lady’s trip last month to Africa. Bolton hired Ricardel in April, and while he liked her, she had caused friction across the White House, where colleagues saw her as inflexible and obsessed with process.

“It’s been an honor to serve the president as deputy national security adviser,” Ricardel said in a statement on Friday. “I admire the president and first lady and have great respect for my colleagues who are dedicated to supporting the president’s policies, and I look forward to working with them in the months ahead.”

Read more: https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-11-16/trump-said-to-offer-ousted-aide-ricardel-job-as-envoy-to-estonia

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Trump Offered to Nominate Ricardel as Ambassador to Estonia, Sources Say (Original Post) demmiblue Nov 2018 OP
They all lie... even when departing lapfog_1 Nov 2018 #1
Oh, Bolton will make sure she gets a paycheck dalton99a Nov 2018 #2
Ricardel is an extremist Conservative Canuckman Nov 2018 #5
He was 16 when the war ended Maeve Nov 2018 #7
Maybe a "Hitler Youth" member? cstanleytech Nov 2018 #11
Barring evidence, that is a big assumption Maeve Nov 2018 #13
Oh I am not accusing her or her father of anything as I honestly never heard of her cstanleytech Nov 2018 #14
Oh, not you! Maeve Nov 2018 #16
Was Latvia already taken? qazplm135 Nov 2018 #3
She should now duforsure Nov 2018 #4
Is that in the Baltics or Balkans???? LOL. He is an ASSSHOLE! winstars Nov 2018 #6
No $15,000 dollars? LakeArenal Nov 2018 #8
isn't there a bank in Estonia at the center of a huge money laundering probe? nt EleanorR Nov 2018 #9
That's a crap assignment. Truly. MineralMan Nov 2018 #10
He should offer her an ambassadorship at new embassy located in Port-aux-Franais. cstanleytech Nov 2018 #12
banishing her to the outerlands. nt Javaman Nov 2018 #15

lapfog_1

(29,180 posts)
1. They all lie... even when departing
Fri Nov 16, 2018, 12:10 PM
Nov 2018

Obviously, this is NO honor serving this pResident or in this White House.

Canuckman

(2 posts)
5. Ricardel is an extremist Conservative
Fri Nov 16, 2018, 12:58 PM
Nov 2018

Good riddance to this woman. She represents some of the most extreme views in the White House along with Bolton, her master.

She is first generation American, the daughter of a Croatian Nazi officer who immigrated to the US in 1954. Being raised in such a household no doubt shaped her views. And I bet she heartily supports current Croat moves to rehabilitate their sordid past from WWII, when that country was one of Hitler's most loyal and staunchest allies and committed genocide in the Balkans against its Jewish and Serb minorities.

Yet another explanation for that vile odour emanating from the White House.

Maeve

(42,255 posts)
13. Barring evidence, that is a big assumption
Fri Nov 16, 2018, 04:05 PM
Nov 2018

Understand, there are many things in Ricardel's long government/public career that she can be derided for, and I am not supporting her. But making unfounded claims based mostly on ethnic history is not a trait associated with democrats; it is more a tactic of those who follow facism. We are better than that.

cstanleytech

(26,162 posts)
14. Oh I am not accusing her or her father of anything as I honestly never heard of her
Fri Nov 16, 2018, 04:50 PM
Nov 2018

until recently rather I am simply pointing out that the Hitler Youth is a possible answer to the question you raised.

Maeve

(42,255 posts)
16. Oh, not you!
Fri Nov 16, 2018, 04:56 PM
Nov 2018

Sorry for any confusion.
Yes, that would be one answer, but the "officer" line by the other poster is what I object to. Nor did I know anything about her until the recent turn of events and found reason to research. I also have a strong aversion to generational grudge matches (blame it on the Irish in my background!)

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