Trying to Talk to South Korea

THE UNITED STATES does not currently have an ambassador to South Korea, and hasn't since Trump took office.The hallways at the ponderous State Department Bldg in D.C. are eerily empty and quiet. Nobody works there. this, during the eight months of the Trump presidency, what seems like eight millennia. Trump's budget cuts for the State Department are considerable. "Restructuring", which means downsizing in personnel and importance, is underway.Like KMart and Sears, state Department employees are being mustered out and not replaced as diplomacy dies, receding into the President's twitter account. When has the United States ever needed communication with South Korea more than now? When has a fully staffed foreign policy team been more urgently needed than now, in the era of fighting terrorism, economic uncertainty, and climate change? Indeed, the more weather related disaster humanity confronts, the more effective our lines of international communication must be, to ensure a coordinated assault upon our own foolishness. the Paris climate and carbon agreement is a perfect example of the need for cooperation, a shining example of what humans, working together on a worldwide basis, can achieve. So of course Trump removes the United States from the agreement. One may assume that if and when our president gets around to dignifying south Korea, one of our closest allies, with a former ambassador, the person will doubtless be someone who knows noghing about South Korea, and has no interest in learning, if current trends continue. Any nominations? if not, let it be noted that the best man for the job is Dennis Rodman. he gets along well with North Korea, which would seem at first glance, to be a positive feature. it probably means he will never even be considered.