Pete Buttigieg n'a que 37 ans et on prétend souvent que ce n'est pas sa fonction de maire de South Bend qui le prépare adéquatement à mener la diplomatie d'une puissance mondiale. D'anciens ambassadeurs de l'ère Obama viennent à la rescousse!!
"The diplomatic support is part of a balancing act for Buttigieg, who is running as a candidate of generational change with big ideas but a relatively thin political résumé. As he ramps up his campaign for the Democratic presidential nomination, the ambassadorial support balances Buttigieg’s youth with experience, giving him a stamp of approval from experienced and credentialed party insiders.
“He’s young, untested, mayor of a smallish town,” said Erin Pelton, a former foreign service officer and director of communications for multiple Obama-era ambassadors to the United Nations. “So to surround yourself with the diplomatic equivalent of generals is a good way to show that you’re serious.”
“At a time when [State Department] morale is low, his youth and freshness in the national political scene are pluses,” said retired State Department veteran Laura Kennedy, a career foreign service officer who served as ambassador to Turkmenistan in the George W. Bush administration. She also said Buttigieg being the first LGBT presidential candidate would likely appeal to State Department employees. “As a group which as a bureaucratic culture is dedicated to upholding values such as human rights, his status as am LGBT candidate might … [be] a badge of a crusader, someone who has the courage of his convictions.”
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