France Bars Kushner For Skipping Meeting, Diplomacy Moves To Ghost Mode

KEY POINTS

•France blocked US ambassador Charles Kushner from meeting officials after he failed to appear when summoned over comments on a far-right activist’s death.
•Kushner’s earlier diplomatic insults and accusations of insufficient French antisemitism actions had already put strain on US-France relations.
•Similar diplomatic spats occurred with US ambassadors in Belgium, Poland, Iceland, Chile, and Israel, fueling tensions with their host countries.

In the latest diplomatic episode that feels like a reality TV spinoff, Charles Kushner, yes, the US ambassador and Trump’s son-in-law’s dad, forgot to show up for a French government summons. This no-show drama follows the State Department’s spicy statement blaming a far-right activist's beating death on 'violent radical leftism,' which France took as a diplomatic mic drop. Foreign Minister Jean-Noël Barrot slammed Kushner’s ‘apparent misunderstanding’ and promptly revoked his backstage pass to French officials. Meanwhile, Kushner flirted with non-interference over a Call of Silence. Across Europe, ambassadors from Belgium to Poland and Iceland tried their own diplomatic dance-offs, including a circumcision investigation tweet scuffle in Belgium and Iceland seriously petitioning against its potential 52nd statehood—courtesy of former Rep. Billy Long’s 'joke.' Chilean Karoke ended with Ambassador Brandon Judd clashing with outgoing President Boric, and Mike Huckabee launched a biblical land grab controversy in Israel that united Arab countries better than a Saturday night party. If Trump-era diplomacy was a TV series, it’d be named "How Not To Make Friends And Influence Entire Nations."

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US ambassadors under Trump’s reign are treating diplomacy like Facebook clapbacks and block parties. No meetings, just heated unfollows and international receipts.

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