The fact this man is our ambassador to Japan is embarrassing. You should see him try and speak the language. It's cringeworthy even if you don't know Japanese. Unfortunately, I can't find a video of it. To put it this way, he spoke while giving an award at the May 2024 Sumo Tournament. He was summarily ridiculed.
I mean, he was a on the Board of Directors for Freddie Mac when they had a bunch of 'accounting irregularities' in the early 2000's (Clinton appointed him there after he was an advisor to Billy boy)
Emanuel will not attend the event because it was “politicized” by Nagasaki’s decision not to invite Israel, the embassy said.
Smh, can't believe the wokesters made the atomic bomb political.
Also, I thought this was just Rahm Emanuel being unable to contain his assholery even when given a sinecure like the Japanese ambassadorship instead of just doing a J-drama dance like JFK's daughter (she's the one in the Santa suit), but apparently the rest of the G7 + the EU are doing the same:
Nagasaki Mayor Shiro Suzuki on Thursday said his decision not to invite Israel is unchanged despite **announcements by the U.S. and five other Group of Seven countries and the European Union that they will send lower-ranked envoys instead of ambassadors to the ceremony.