Trump recalling 27 ambassadors from Africa, Asia, Eastern Europe and Central America

The Trump administration is recalling more than two dozen ambassadors from posts around the world, The Post has learned.

The removal of 29 envoys from positions in Africa, Asia, Eastern Europe, and Central America follows an initial mass dismissal of appointees of former President Joe Biden in the early months of President Trump’s second term.

“This is a standard process in any administration,” a senior State Department official told The Post Monday. “An ambassador is a personal representative of the president, and it is the president’s right to ensure that he has individuals in these countries who advance the America First agenda.”

The latest recalls would leave the US without envoys in key global hotspots — including the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Egypt, Nigeria, and Somalia in Africa as well as Armenia, Montenegro, North Macedonia and Slovakia in Europe.

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