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Charles Kushner failed to appear when summoned by the French Foreign Ministry.
US President Donald Trump with Charles Kushner, right, US ambassador to France, on the South Lawn of the White House on June 18.Photographer: Ken Cedeno/UPI/Bloomberg
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Whether strategy or not, President Donald Trump’s diplomatic envoys are on a streak of distinctly undiplomatic behavior.

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