FT商学院

The Trump back channel: how diplomacy works in Washington

Rather than use the traditional policy process, foreign governments are dealing with the handful of envoys who appear to have the president’s ear

Brian Mast, the Republican congressman whose district abuts Donald Trump’s unofficial second White House in south Florida, has a large wooden conference table in his Washington office, which he keeps perpetually set with tiny bottles of water for his visitors.

The guests arrive daily from embassies around Washington and from capitals around the world. The day before it had been Nigeria, Turkey, Azerbaijan, Taiwan and two other places that he cannot recall.

But they all come in prepared to sell America on what they have to offer, says Mast, who chairs the House foreign affairs committee.

您已阅读4%(591字),剩余96%(15885字)包含更多重要信息,订阅以继续探索完整内容,并享受更多专属服务。
版权声明:本文版权归manbetx20客户端下载 所有,未经允许任何单位或个人不得转载,复制或以任何其他方式使用本文全部或部分,侵权必究。
设置字号×
最小
较小
默认
较大
最大
分享×