State Department spokesperson Heather Nauert has been offered Nikki Haley’s old position as UN Ambassador, according to Fox News Chief White House Correspondent, John Roberts:
Senior Administration Official tells Fox News that @statedeptspox Heather Nauert has been offered the job of UN Ambassador
— John Roberts (@johnrobertsFox) November 1, 2018
Wall Street Journal is also reporting this:
.@wsj has it now too. State Department Spokeswoman Expected to Be Nominated U.N. Ambassador https://t.co/6hR9tR8nUd via @WSJ
— John Roberts (@johnrobertsFox) November 1, 2018
According to that article:
Ms. Nauert has no prior diplomatic experience. She became the State Department spokeswoman in April 2017, serving under former secretary Rex Tillerson and continued in that job after Mr. Tillerson was fired by President Trump and succeeded by Mike Pompeo.
She also served as acting undersecretary of State for public diplomacy and public affairs from March 13 to Oct. 10, 2018.
Before her arrival, Mark Toner, a career foreign service officer and former deputy State Department spokesman under the Obama administration, briefed the press in an acting capacity.
At Fox News, Ms. Nauert served as a television news anchor and most recently appeared on the program Fox & Friends. She last appeared on Fox News in February 2017.
Ms. Nauert, who didn’t respond to a request for comment, hasn’t appeared publicly at the State Department this week. In her place, Robert Palladino, a career foreign service officer who has been Ms. Nauert’s deputy since August, has briefed reporters three times this week.
We’ll have to wait and see if she holds a candle to Nikki.
She has some MIGHTY big shoes to fill.