Maybe he meant that in the other way :)

If only there was some kind of office whose entire purpose was to do diplomacy like this with every country on the planet

It’s not about anyone being a scalie, it’s a cross between “I’m supposed to be reading the text here, take this seriously” and “modernity means we don’t use powdered wigs anymore”

Like taking deep breaths and getting real high

Provide reasonable guarantees regarding the confidentiality, integrity, and authenticity of messages?

Microsoft run Chrome clone? But they already have Edge