Hundreds of diplomats fired by Trump in 'unprecedented' move amid global crisis: report

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Source: Raw Story

May 16, 2026 3:36PM ET


Hundreds of diplomats are being forced out of their jobs by the Trump administration despite ongoing crises around the world, according to a new report.

According to CNN, the State Department finalized the firing of nearly 250 foreign service officers via email on Friday. "Your reduction in force separation will be effective today," the email read. "Thank you again for your service to the Department."

The reduction in forces also impacted staff that would have been able to "provide guidance on the war in Iran," former officials told CNN. On top of that, "unprecedented numbers of people are choosing to leave" U.S. foreign services, David Kostelancik, a retired diplomat, told CNN.

"Roughly 2,000 foreign service officers left the State Department last year," CNN reported based on numbers from the American Foreign Service Association.

Read more: https://www.rawstory.com/trump-firing-diplomats/

[Skittles]

1. "effective today"

unbelievably cruel

[UpInArms]

3. Cruelty is a feature

not a bug

[tanyev]

2. The reduction...impacted staff that would have been able to "provide guidance on the war in Iran,"

Guidance that absolutely no one in the Trump administration would have paid attention to anyway. Maybe a few of them will now find the nerve to make some public comments.

[CaptainTruth]

4. I swear he's trying to destroy our entire country.

[Martin Eden]

5. Wouldn't be much different if these orders came direct from Putin.

I don't think that's happening. Rather, Trump’s fascist regime sees the professional diplomatic corps and institutional government experts as internal threats whose loyalty is not first and foremost to him.

This regime wants apparatchiks on board with the agenda, without question or obstruction.

[Multichromatic]

6. Trump doesn't NEED experts Trump knows everything already!!!!