President Donald Trump has nominated one extremely undiplomatic diplomat, according to online reviews of surgeon Dr. Anjani Sinha that describe him as “aloof,” “very rude,” and “brutally mean.”
Trump’s nominee to become U.S. ambassador to Singapore, who also happens to be one of the president’s long-time golf buddies, was humiliated in the Senate Wednesday during a confirmation hearing that left one senator describing him as “unqualified” for the key role and suggesting he was only taking the job to have a “nice life.”
During Sinha’s ordeal on Capitol Hill, the 77-year-old was caught out by an embarrassing lack of knowledge about Singapore. He failed to answer a series of questions from members of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee about the city-state, prompting Illinois Democrat Senator Tammy Duckworth to conclude: “You are not currently prepared for this posting—period—and you need to shape up and do some homework.”
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