Episode
Special Envoys: Cleanup on Aisle Seven
- Podcast
- American Diplomat
- Published
- Feb 19, 2026
- Duration seconds
- 3273
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Summary
At a time when Trump wages war against expertise, with scores of career ambassadors being recalled and a thinning of officers in the field, Undersecretary of State John Bass holds forth on why real estate and business experience, as well as AI, cannot substitute for diplomatic tradecraft.