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How Trump is weakening American diplomacy

2026-07-14 23:16:47Kosova&Bota SHKRUAR NGA REDAKSIA VOX

American diplomacy is experiencing the greatest transformation in decades.

This is the assessment of an analysis by the Financial Times, according to which the second term of United States President Donald Trump is fundamentally changing the way the State Department operates and its role in American foreign policy.

According to the analysis, more than half of the US ambassador positions still remain vacant, while in Africa about 80 percent of the United States embassies do not have appointed ambassadors.

At the same time, the Trump administration has reduced the State Department's staff by over 3,000 employees, or more than 20 percent of its workforce.

Unlike the practice of recent decades, most of the new ambassadors do not come from professional diplomatic corps. Of the 101 ambassadorial appointments during Trump's second term, only nine are career diplomats, while the rest are political appointees.

President Trump's administration considers these changes part of "America First" reform, arguing that the State Department had become a slow bureaucracy disconnected from national security objectives.

"The State Department's job is to implement the president's foreign policy, not to design it," a senior administration official is quoted in the analysis.

However, former diplomats and former senior officials warn that the changes are weakening Washington's international influence.

Nick Burns, former United States ambassador to China, calls the situation "the most serious crisis in the 102-year history of the American diplomatic service."

While Bill Burns, former CIA director and former ambassador to Russia, argues that the damage could be even greater than that of Senator Joseph McCarthy's period in the 1950s.

According to him, the Trump administration is showing a "disregard for professional diplomacy," removing experienced experts and replacing traditional diplomacy with political envoys and people close to the president.

The analysis notes that Trump is increasingly relying on figures like Steve Witkoff, Tom Barrack, or his son-in-law Jared Kushner to mediate international crises, while the role of professional diplomats has significantly diminished.

According to the Financial Times, Washington's traditional allies are now seeking direct contact with the president's inner circle, bypassing the State Department, as many diplomats no longer have information about real decision-making in the White House.

The analysis concludes that even if Democrats return to power after the 2028 elections, the return of the old model of American diplomacy may no longer be possible.

According to the authors, the changes undertaken during Trump's second term are long-lasting and could permanently reshape United States foreign policy.


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