Diplomatic Service, Embassies and Consulates

• Trump Eyes Greenland, and Europe Figures Its Best Bet Is a Negotiation - European officials were stunned that President Trump restated his desire for Greenland after a yearlong effort to dissuade him, according to diplomats and others.
• After President’s Capture, U.S. and Venezuela Explore Restoring Diplomatic Ties - In moves that embodied the contradictions and fast-changing nature of the two countries’ relationship, both said on Friday that they were eyeing reopening embassies and restoring long-severed diplomatic ties.
• Ambassador Kimberly Guilfoyle, the Talk of Athens - The former fiancée of Donald Trump Jr., and the former wife of Gov. Gavin Newsom, is working hard and pushing deals with American business interests. She’s also up late at parties.
• Trump Administration Orders Nearly 30 U.S. Ambassadors to Leave Their Posts - A union representing career diplomats said such a mass recall had never happened in the history of the U.S. Foreign Service.
• Rubio Meets (and Meets, and Meets … ) the Press - The secretary of state held a marathon news conference, offering little news but more respect for reporters than most others in the Trump administration.
• Trump’s Diplomats Act More Like Cowboys. Could That Be a Good Thing? - Sometimes Trump’s unconventional foreign policy just works.
• Afrikaner Access Soars Amid Trump’s Policy Shift - The white descendants of Europeans who colonized the country are getting greater access to American officials this year, both in Washington and in Pretoria.