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Editorial: Rahm Emanuel, America’s undiplomatic diplomat, makes more trouble. What is his agenda?

U.S. Ambassodor to Japan Rahm Emanuel talks with his counterparts following a joint news conference with President Joe Biden, Japanese Prime Minister Kishida Fumio and Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol following three-way talks at Camp David on Aug. 18, 2023, in Camp David, Maryland.

The last time we wrote about this former Chicago mayor, current U.S. Ambassador to Japan Rahm Emanuel, he had made a magnanimous little video offering support for incoming Mayor Brandon Johnson and done some schmoozing at the G7 summit in Tokyo. Oh, and he’d also made a few headlines encouraging Japan to do a better job supporting LGBTQ rights and same-sex marriage, cheerily blowing past the long-established protocol wherein foreign diplomats do not meddle in domestic affairs.

There have been a few months of quiet.

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