Trump nominates former U.S. Senate candidate Herschel Walker as ambassador to The Bahamas
Kanishka Singh
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – President-elect Donald Trump has nominated former football star Herschel Walker to be U.S. ambassador to the Bahamas, Trump said on his Truth social platform on Tuesday.
Walker, a Republican, lost the 2022 Georgia race to Democratic U.S. Sen. Raphael Warnock.
Walker is one of Trump’s earliest endorsers in 2022. He is a staunch opponent of abortion and has faced accusations that he paid two women to have abortions after they became pregnant, which he denies.
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He is also known for his gaffes and sometimes confusing musings on policy issues, including riffs on werewolves and vampires.
The United States established diplomatic relations with the Bahamas in 1973 after the Bahamas gained independence from the United Kingdom.
According to the U.S. State Department, about 80% of the 7 million tourists who visit the Bahamas each year are from the United States. The annual trade relationship between the two countries is about 7.3 billion U.S. dollars, of which the U.S. trade surplus is 3.8 billion U.S. dollars.
(Reporting by Kanishka Singh in Washington; Editing by Michael Perry)
