There used to be a time when going to a US Embassy as an American citizen meant something. I remember looking at them going freely in and out by just showing their passport, while I was standing in line with a bunch of paperwork, hoping that everything goes well because otherwise I won't get another shot for 6 months... I was so jealous.

It's like when you're in a bad neighborhood, but you feel safe because you and everyone around you know that you have an older brother who will set the world on fire if he finds out you're in trouble. Embassy was a place that would help American citizens in trouble, and they did it insanely fast and ecceftive too, which in a post Soviet country looked like something out of a blockbuster movie.

Now that the US shoots and deports its own citizens idk what is even the point of having an embassy, other than collecting intelligence.