{"id":61546,"date":"2018-07-02T15:41:32","date_gmt":"2018-07-02T15:41:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/uncategorized\/2018\/07\/02\/us-ambassador-to-estonia-resigns-over-trump-comments\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T00:36:22","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T00:36:22","slug":"us-ambassador-to-estonia-resigns-over-trump-comments","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/global\/europe\/2018\/07\/02\/us-ambassador-to-estonia-resigns-over-trump-comments\/","title":{"rendered":"US ambassador to Estonia resigns over Trump comments"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">HELSINKI \u2014 The U.S. ambassador to Estonia has resigned over frustrations with President Donald Trump\u2019s comments about the European Union and his treatment of Washington\u2019s European allies.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In a private Facebook message posted Friday, James D. Melville wrote: \u201cFor the President to say EU was \u2018set up to take advantage of the United States, to attack our piggy bank,\u2019 or that \u2018NATO is as bad as NAFTA\u2019 is not only factually wrong, but proves to me that it\u2019s time to go.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Melville was referring to Trump\u2019s recent comments at news conferences and on social media.<\/p>\n\n\n\t<aside class=\"smg-interstitial-link wp-block-smg-interstitial-link\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/smr\/nato-priorities\/2018\/06\/27\/trump-picks-a-fight-with-norway-and-the-nato-summit-could-be-in-trouble-before-it-begins\/\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__media\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/4380343.jpg.jpg?w=300\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__image wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__content\">\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"smg-interstitial-link__kicker\">Related<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"smg-interstitial-link__title\">Trump\u2019s letters to allies mean the NATO Summit could be in trouble before it begins<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"smg-interstitial-link__excerpt\">U.S. President Donald Trump has sent a warning shot to the NATO allies ahead of the big July summit. He&#039;s looking for folks to pay up.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t<\/aside>\n\t\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Melville stressed that a U.S. foreign service officer\u2019s \u201cDNA is programmed to support policy and we\u2019re schooled right from the start, that if there ever comes a point where one can no longer do so, particularly if one is in a position of leadership, the honorable course is to resign.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Melville is a senior U.S. career diplomat who has served as the American ambassador in the Baltic nation and NATO member of Estonia since 2015. He has served at U.S. Embassies in Berlin, London and Moscow, among other postings.<\/p>\n\n\n\t<aside class=\"smg-interstitial-link wp-block-smg-interstitial-link\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/smr\/nato-priorities\/2018\/06\/26\/we-need-to-be-impatient-estonias-no-2-defense-official-dives-into-nato-priorities\/\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__media\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/GettyImages-923687156.jpg.jpg?w=300\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__image wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__content\">\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"smg-interstitial-link__kicker\">Related<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"smg-interstitial-link__title\">\u2018We need to be impatient\u2019: Estonia\u2019s No. 2 defense official dives into NATO priorities<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"smg-interstitial-link__excerpt\">As a border state with Russia, Estonia is well aware it is ground zero for any potential conflict between Moscow and NATO.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t<\/aside>\n\t\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cHaving served under six presidents and 11 secretaries of state, I never really thought it would reach that point for me,\u201d he wrote, referring to a career with the State Department that started in the mid-1980s.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><i>[Read: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.defensenews.com\/smr\/nato-priorities\/\" title=\"\" class=\"\" target=\"_blank\">Special report \u2015 NATO priorities<\/a>]<\/i><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The U.S. Embassy in Tallinn confirmed to The Associated Press on Saturday that Melville \u201cannounced his intent to retire from the Foreign Service effective July 29 after 33 years of public service.\u201d It did not 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