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The President will be meeting with foreign diplomats.
He's a talented architect but a poor diplomat.
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The painting may be the first appearance in art of the American doctrine of Manifest Destiny, a term coined the year before by the newspaperman and diplomat John O’Sullivan.
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Sebastian Smee, New Yorker, 4 May 2026
The State Department said Monday that Rubio, a Catholic who has visited Rome and the Vatican at least three times since becoming the Republican president’s top diplomat, would be in Italy on Thursday and Friday.
—Matthew Lee, Chicago Tribune, 4 May 2026
The ministry confirmed a report aired Sunday by the Austrian public broadcaster ORF, which said Austrian authorities suspected the three diplomats of engaging in spying activities using antennas on the roofs of the Russian Embassy in Vienna and a diplomatic compound in the Donaustadt district.
—ABC News, 4 May 2026
Defending the approach, Consul General Israel Bachar, Jerusalem’s top diplomat in Los Angeles since 2023, said in an interview that most of the money so far had gone into social media and delegations.
—Asaf Elia-Shalev, Sun Sentinel, 4 May 2026
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Sebastian Smee, New Yorker, 4 May 2026
The State Department said Monday that Rubio, a Catholic who has visited Rome and the Vatican at least three times since becoming the Republican president’s top diplomat, would be in Italy on Thursday and Friday.
—Matthew Lee, Chicago Tribune, 4 May 2026
The ministry confirmed a report aired Sunday by the Austrian public broadcaster ORF, which said Austrian authorities suspected the three diplomats of engaging in spying activities using antennas on the roofs of the Russian Embassy in Vienna and a diplomatic compound in the Donaustadt district.
—ABC News, 4 May 2026
Defending the approach, Consul General Israel Bachar, Jerusalem’s top diplomat in Los Angeles since 2023, said in an interview that most of the money so far had gone into social media and delegations.
—Asaf Elia-Shalev, Sun Sentinel, 4 May 2026
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“Diplomat.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/diplomat. Accessed 6 May. 2026.
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diplomat
noun
dip·lo·mat
ˈdip-lə-ˌmat 
: a person employed or skilled in diplomacy
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