{"id":281824,"date":"2024-12-09T12:00:44","date_gmt":"2024-12-09T12:00:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/?p=281824"},"modified":"2024-12-03T07:23:39","modified_gmt":"2024-12-03T07:23:39","slug":"trump-names-el-chapo-ambassador-to-mexico","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/2024\/12\/trump-names-el-chapo-ambassador-to-mexico\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump Names El Chapo Ambassador to Mexico"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_281825\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/el-chapo.webp\" ><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-281825\" class=\"wp-image-281825 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/el-chapo-300x284.webp\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"284\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/el-chapo-300x284.webp 300w, https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/el-chapo.webp 441w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-281825\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">El Chapo &#8211; Ronaldo Schemidt\/AFP via Getty Images<\/p><\/div>\n<p><em>1 Dec 2024 <\/em>&#8211; Donald J. Trump raised eyebrows in diplomatic circles yesterday by naming the former drug lord Joaquin \u201cEl Chapo\u201d Guzman U.S. ambassador to Mexico.<\/p>\n<p>Trump told reporters that the appointment of El Chapo was consistent with his policy of surrounding himself with \u201conly the best people.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>When asked about El Chapo\u2019s ten felony convictions, Trump said, \u201cI wish he had more, but I still think he\u2019s qualified.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Trump\u2019s plan hit a snag, however, when El Chapo turned down the post, stating that it would be \u201cembarrassing to serve in the same administration as Dr. Oz.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/joke-logo-animated.gif\" ><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-281670\" src=\"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/joke-logo-animated.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"110\" \/><\/a><i>____________________________________________<\/i><\/p>\n<p class=\"western\" style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><i><a href=\"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/andy-borowitz-320-e1492615001617.png\" ><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-51101\" src=\"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/andy-borowitz-320-e1492615001617.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\" \/><\/a> Andy Borowitz is a <\/i>New York Times<i> best-selling author and a comedian who has written for <\/i>The New Yorker<i> since 1998. In 2001, he created the Borowitz Report, a satirical news column that has millions of readers around the world, for which he won the first-ever <\/i>National Press Club<i> award for humor. The Borowitz Report was acquired by <\/i>The New Yorker<i> in 2012.<\/i><\/p>\n<p class=\"western\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.borowitzreport.com\/p\/trump-names-el-chapo-ambassador-to\" >Go to Original \u2013 borowitzreport.com<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Trump told reporters that the appointment of El Chapo was consistent with his policy of surrounding himself with \u201conly the best people.\u201d When asked about El Chapo\u2019s ten felony convictions, he said, \u201cI wish he had more, but I still think he\u2019s qualified.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":281670,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[42],"tags":[83,334,249,70],"class_list":["post-281824","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-joke-of-the-week","tag-joke","tag-mexico","tag-trump","tag-usa"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/281824","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=281824"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/281824\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":281826,"href":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/281824\/revisions\/281826"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/281670"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=281824"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=281824"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=281824"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}