The cast of PBS News Hour came together on Friday to decry the “shameful” nature of that day’s layoffs at the State Department. While New York Times columnist David Brooks and Washington Post associate editor Jonathan Capehart would claim the move would negatively impact U.S. foreign policy, their reasons for doing so were not convincing.
Host Amna Nawaz began with Brooks, “I do want to ask you both briefly as well about the mass firings at the State Department we reported on earlier. That follows a Supreme Court ruling that basically cleared the way for the Trump administration to move forward with those reductions in force. What's going to be the impact here, David?”
Whether he realized it or not, Brooks responded by advocating for a personal style of diplomacy that President Trump is often criticized for, “Yeah, I was once having lunch with a buddy of mine in the State Department. And he was a political appointee. And he said, ‘I thought this was about foreign affairs, but this institution is really about foreign relations.’”
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