How do you solve a problem like Mayor Pete?
7 min readDec 9, 2020
Last night, Axios reported that President-elect Joe Biden is considering Pete Buttigieg for the position of US ambassador to China. As a supporter of Pete Buttigieg during the Democratic Primary — and someone who was bitterly disappointed when he dropped out and supported Biden, effectively clearing the path to the nomination for the former Vice President — I feel conflicted. The Beijing posting might be a smart…
