The President will be meeting with foreign diplomats.
He's a talented architect but a poor diplomat.
Recent Examples on the WebKishida, formerly Japan’s top diplomat, lacks Abe’s charismatic leadership style, Japanese media note.—Michelle Ye Hee Lee, Washington Post, 6 Apr. 2024 University of Michigan alum Raoul Wallenberg was born in Sweden and educated in Paris and at U-M before serving as a diplomat across World War II-era Europe.—Detroit Free Press, 5 Apr. 2024 Indeed, some veteran diplomats doubted this would be the moment that shifted Mr. Biden’s approach, despite his strong words.—Peter Baker, New York Times, 3 Apr. 2024 Franklin had journeyed to Paris as a diplomat, tasked with getting France to join America’s war for independence as an ally to the States.—Tori Latham, Robb Report, 3 Apr. 2024 There had been discussion of holding a smaller Ramadan iftar with foreign diplomats from Muslim-majority countries; that would have been similar to how Trump marked the holidays in 2018.—Asma Khalid, NPR, 1 Apr. 2024 Havana Syndrome got its name from the city where U.S. and Canadian diplomats and intelligence officials first reported in 2016 experiencing strange noises and sensations of pressure, and later developed debilitating symptoms like vertigo, migraines and hearing and cognitive problems.—Nora Gámez Torres, Miami Herald, 1 Apr. 2024 Earlier this month, Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi made the first trip by China’s top diplomat to the Australia in the same period.—Simone McCarthy, CNN, 28 Mar. 2024 Vajpayee, who presided over India’s nuclear tests, was also known as a diplomat who improved relations with the country’s arch rival Pakistan and introduced multiple reforms.—Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 26 Mar. 2024
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Word History
Etymology
French diplomate, back-formation from diplomatique
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