Ambassador Steven Bondy, a longtime career diplomat who was confirmed to his latest post on December 18, is the subject of a Politico report that cites many officials who worked under Donald Trump and Joe Biden have seen him act inappropriately toward his staff.
"I would hear him say disparaging remarks about Arabs all the time," announced retired U.S. Army Brigadier General Miguel Correa, who Bondy reportedly sidelined while both worked at the U.S. Embassy in the United Arab Emirates when Bondy was in charge there.
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Correa and Bondy supposedly had a rivalry that culminated in Bondy having the now-retired Green Beret removed from his staff after clashes over power dynamics under the Trump Administration.
The general had been a close ally of Mohammed bin Zayed al Nahyan, the Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi.
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A former Trump White House staffer cited in the report argues al Nahyan and other senior UAE officials expressed uneasiness about Bondy in 2018.
The official recounted a conversation with the Crown Prince after a conference in March of that year.
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"I asked MBZ, 'Your highness, what's up?' And he said, 'We're not fans of Bondy.' 'Why not?' And he said, 'We don't think he's a good person," the official reportedly stated.
"And I said 'What do you mean?' And he said, 'He treats his people like garbage'."
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Victoria Coates, a former U.S. official in Saudi Arabia who worked out of the UAE embassy, recalled, "I recall an instance of him being dismissive of Middle Eastern staff."
Bondy "vehemently and categorically" denied the report's accusations in a statement to DailyMail.com, and State Department spokesman Ned Price defended the diplomat's record of service.
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"Steve Bondy is a diplomat with a long and distinguished track record. A regional expert with a deep appreciation of the Middle East, Bondy has spent most of his 30-year career working on some of our nation's most pressing issues in that region, including two years in war zones," Price announced in a statement according to the DailyMail.com.
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"He was awarded the Presidential Rank Award for his strong performance and extraordinary service to the United States and has served the State Department with the utmost professionalism."
The report notes that Coates and Correa worked closely together in the past and are friends.
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