The unrest on American streets is complicating life for those representing the country abroad, current and former officials say
This week is the 31st anniversary of the Chinese communist government’s massacre of pro-democracy protesters in Tiananmen Square. State Department human rights officials have urged senior diplomats to post videos of themselves holding candles in honor of the dead, whose memory Chinese leaders have tried to wipe away from their official history.
But some current and former U.S. diplomats, several of whom spoke on condition of anonymity, said that from the beginning of Trump’s presidency, they’ve had to work harder to justify American policies. The perception of hypocrisy has undercut even those limited efforts, and the dystopic American scenes beamed into foreign TV sets and smartphone screens are only deepening the problem, U.S. diplomats say. “I fear the next time we try to argue to a foreign government for fair treatment of protesters,” one of them said.
“The willingness of people in other countries to stand with you rests in large part on whether they believe that you stand for something,” Russel said. “And if America’s moral standing is degraded, then its influence in countries like China will be degraded.” Amid all this posturing, some U.S. envoys overseas have taken the unusual step of commenting on American domestic affairs.
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