The anger of Donald Trump after the publication of the letter of the British ambassador in Washington testifies to the position of diplomats who have to use polished protocol formulations, but this can also be a potentially dangerous function in the era of information leaks, the France Press agency assessed today.
The US president used undiplomatic language on Tuesday to describe British Ambassador Kim Deroch as a "wannabe moron".
According to diplomatic memos from the ambassador of the country that is courting the American billionaire in order to maintain special ties with the US, it is stated that Trump is unstable and incompetent.
Although diplomats try to smile politely, to have tact and a certain stability when representing their country abroad, on the other hand, they also perform a more discreet mission. They must send honest and unflinching reports to their country.
The best representation of the diplomat's position is the release of about 250.000 US diplomatic notes about foreign officials, which were discovered by WikiLeaks in 2010.
Brett Bruen, a former American diplomat under President Barack Obama, estimated that the incident with the British ambassador will have consequences on the way diplomats work.
"Ambassadors and diplomats are likely to make their critical comments in phone calls or video conferences. At least those lines are secured and have not been hacked so far," Bruen said.
The former diplomat said that Trump faces a harsh diplomatic reality, because he believed in the friendship of the British who rolled out the red carpet for him during his recent visit to London.
"Countries and ambassadors are mostly acting in their own self-interest, by telling you what needs to be said to gain your trust and support," Bruen said.
Diplomatic dispatches represent the European diplomatic heritage at a time when envoys traveled from place to place carrying letters in diplomatic suitcases.
Those suitcases are still protected by international laws, and the US uses them to send some confidential and classified documents.
In the US State Department as in other countries, writing these cables has become a skill taught to young diplomats. That's how some diplomats were suddenly praised during the disclosure of cables via WikiLeaks.
One example is the praise of the American diplomat in Moscow who compared the then Russian President Dmitry Medvedev to Batman in relation to Vladimir Putin.
Nevertheless, some of the discovered diplomatic dispatches brought diplomats into unpleasant and unsustainable situations.
An American diplomat in Libya, for example, had to leave the country after he wrote that then-leader Muammar al-Gaddafi was attracted to a "ravishing blonde" who was a nurse from Ukraine.
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