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a professional who can tell you to go to hell so smoothly you pack with excitement
means A person officially appointed to represent their country's interests abroad, handling negotiations and relations between governments with tact.
from From the Greek 'diploma,' literally 'something folded double' — a folded official document or letter of accreditation that envoys carried as proof of their authority. Through Latin and into 18th-century French as 'diplomate,' the word came to mean the bearer of such credentials, then the smooth professional behind them. So the diplomat is, at root, a person defined by their paperwork — the folded letter that says 'trust this one.'
- legal immunity
- can't be arrested in their host country
- the bag
- diplomatic pouches are never searched, ever
- persona non grata
- the polite way to expel a spy
- oldest job
- envoys predate the Roman Empire
- art of delay
- a treaty can take decades to sign
henry kissinger — us secretary of state who negotiated the 1973 paris peace accords ending the vietnam war
talleyrand — french diplomat who negotiated at the congress of vienna in 1815 after napoleon's defeat
condoleezza rice — us secretary of state from 2005-2009 who shaped post-iraq war foreign policy