The EU’s diplomats in Washington are fuming. It turns out that they have been quietly downgraded by the State Department. Until now, the EU was treated as if it were a country for protocol purposes. President Trump has decreed that its status should switch from “state” to “international organization.”

Since states take precedence over international organizations, this means that the EU’s head of mission now has to wait in line behind the ambassadors of El Salvador, Chad, Tonga and every other sovereign entity. “I can confirm that this has not been well received in Brussels,” an EU official complained.

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