>Tsunis was Barack Obama’s nominee for ambassador to Norway. Bumbling and ill-prepared, he admitted that he had never been to Norway and referred to the country as having a president when, as a constitutional monarchy, it does not.
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>Tsunis also claimed that Norway’s Progress party was among “fringe elements” that “spew their hatred” and was criticized by Norway’s government. In fact, the Progress party was part of the governing coalition.
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>The hapless nominee withdrew from consideration after causing dismay among Norwegian Americans and earning ridicule on CNN’s Anderson Cooper 360 and Comedy Central’s The Daily Show with Jon Stewart.
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>Now he is getting a do-over that, critics maintain, he does not deserve.
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>Senator John McCain, said: “The notion that he gets a second chance just utterly shocks me because **in serious circles of international affairs he’s a punchline**.
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>“So why in the world would you send someone to a significant country like Greece – at a dangerous time – to represent us there who in the eyes of most foreign policy hands can’t keep some fundamental facts straight and does not deserve to be ambassador to Ulaanbaatar, let alone Athens?”
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>A lawyer, developer and philanthropist, **Tsunis has donated to both Democrats and Republicans, including more than $1.3m to Obama in 2012.**
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Τζορτζ Τσου Τσουνης….
…. I’ll see myself out
All hail
Τσούνης;
ΤΣΟΥΝΑ.
ΑΝΤΕ ΓΕΙΑ
Ο Τελης από το 10 λεπτά κήρυγμα έγινε πρέσβης;
Αγόρασε τη θέση, κάπως ακριβά.
>Tsunis was Barack Obama’s nominee for ambassador to Norway. Bumbling and ill-prepared, he admitted that he had never been to Norway and referred to the country as having a president when, as a constitutional monarchy, it does not.
>
>Tsunis also claimed that Norway’s Progress party was among “fringe elements” that “spew their hatred” and was criticized by Norway’s government. In fact, the Progress party was part of the governing coalition.
>
>The hapless nominee withdrew from consideration after causing dismay among Norwegian Americans and earning ridicule on CNN’s Anderson Cooper 360 and Comedy Central’s The Daily Show with Jon Stewart.
>
>Now he is getting a do-over that, critics maintain, he does not deserve.
>
>Senator John McCain, said: “The notion that he gets a second chance just utterly shocks me because **in serious circles of international affairs he’s a punchline**.
>
>“So why in the world would you send someone to a significant country like Greece – at a dangerous time – to represent us there who in the eyes of most foreign policy hands can’t keep some fundamental facts straight and does not deserve to be ambassador to Ulaanbaatar, let alone Athens?”
>
>A lawyer, developer and philanthropist, **Tsunis has donated to both Democrats and Republicans, including more than $1.3m to Obama in 2012.**
[https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2022/jan/11/joe-biden-george-tsunis-greece-ambassador](https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2022/jan/11/joe-biden-george-tsunis-greece-ambassador)
Θα αναστενάξουν τα βλάχικα
Τσουτσούνης
Άραγε πόσο θα τα σκατώσει ώστε να τον στείλουν πίσω?
Λογικά θα πάει σήμερα ο Δένδιας να δώσει τα διαπιστευτήρια του;
Least cringe Greek – American diaspora person .
Porky
Αν ήμουν αμερικανός ΥΠΕΞ και ήθελα κάποιον υποτακτικό για φάπες ΘΑ ΠΛΗΡΩΝΑ για έναν τέτοιο τύπο
(και δεν μιλάω μόνο για την φάτσα του, αν δει κανείς δηλώσεις του είναι τέρμα καρπαζοεισπράκτορας)
Επιτέλους και ένας που φαίνεται μερακλής για κοψίδια.
τι γλυκειά φατσούλα είναι αυτή; θέλω να τον κάνω γουτσου-γουτσου
Τι κεφτεδακι ειναι αυτο;
μαλακα ο Τελης πρεσβης χαχαχαχαχ!!!
Πρωτη επίσκεψη στα Βλαχικά της Βάρης και στα Λαδαδικά της Θεσσαλονίκης.