United States Ambassador to Panama John Feeley, a career diplomat and former Marine Corps helicopter pilot, has resigned, saying he no longer felt able to serve President Donald Trump.
Feeley’s departure had been communicated to State Department officials on Dec. 27 and was not a response to Trump’s alleged use of the word “shithole” to describe Haiti and African countries at a meeting on Thursday, U.S. officials said.
Trump denies using the term.
Feeley, one of the department’s Latin America specialists and among its senior most officers, made clear that he had come to a place where he no longer felt able to serve under Trump.
“As a junior foreign service officer, I signed an oath to serve faithfully the president and his administration in an apolitical fashion, even when I might not agree with certain policies,” Feeley said, according to an excerpt of a resignation letter read to Reuters on Friday.
“My instructors made clear that if I believed I could not do that, I would be honor bound to resign. That time has come.”
I’m feeling that way now about my job.Going take this next two weeks off to make up my mind for sure and look work.Your integrity…what u stand/stood for is the most important part of your legacy about the life you lived.
Kudos to you John Feeley, uve earned my maximum respect. …SYM Chump up!
All the best with that decision, can’t be an easy place to be in.
Alot of these kinds of resignations are occurring with this new govt. What a shame when bright minds basically feel restrained and conflicted when carrying out their work.
Thank you ever so much for your kind n wise words. We all instinctively know when we get to a place when it all gets to be too much.You can ask urself when is too much is really too much but trust n believe that u KNOW.
The burden of knowing where all the bodies are buried is just too much for me to carrying for so long in this job.Have a lovely day Dear TOO MUCH.