>> What on earth were they thinking?
Maybe they *weren’t* thinking.
If I was appointed King one of the first things I would do is execute a massive and ruthless purge of the State Dept.
Now, don’t read too much into that word, “execute”.
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On second thought, yeah, go ahead and take “execute” literally. :-)
*nod* — I think you might like what I would do were I king.