How’s this for a self-imposed foreign-policy setback: America’s most necessary ally in crucial theater of world politics has been with no Senate-confirmed U.S. ambassador for greater than two years. The International Relations Committee lastly permitted former Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel’s nomination to be U.S. ambassador to Japan final week, however he awaits a vote on the ground.
The final American ambassador to Japan, Invoice Hagerty, was confirmed in July 2017, and the Trump Administration strengthened ties with Tokyo as competitors with China intensified. Mr. Hagerty left the submit in summer time 2019 to run for U.S. Senate in Tennessee, and President Trump’s 2020 nominee to exchange him didn’t get a Senate vote earlier than the November election.
