Diplomats Hesitant to Share Unfavorable Assessments wiht Trump Management

U.S. diplomats are hesitant to share inconvenient objective assessments with President Donald Trump’s administration, NBC News exclusively reported Thursday.

In late August, the American Foreign Service Association, the union representing the State Department’s workforce, warned against sharing candid advice with administration officials. The association noted that diplomats abroad are being asked to return from their assignments “after providing less-than-positive analysis or unwelcome recommendations to leadership,” according to NBC News.

“We are operating in uncharted territory,” the email reads. “The environment facing the Foreign Service today is unlike anything we’ve seen.”

it added: “Even if offered discreetly, any statement, verbal or written, can be politicized and used against you. That is the reality we face.”

Current and former federal employees told the outlet that this warning exemplifies how civil servants continue to encounter mounting pressure from the White House to minimize data that does not align with the president’s agenda.

“What we’re seeing in the diplomatic corps right now is fear,” John Dinkelman, the president of the American Foreign Service Assoc