Trump FINALLY Confirms His UN Ambassador Choice

We’ve been going back and forth on this one. I wrote about Heather Nauert being selected to fill Nikki Haley’s UN ambassadorship at the beginning of November. Reports then surfaced that John James was being considered for the role.

Well, it appears that President Trump has finally made his decision:

JUST IN: Pres. Trump tells reporters he will nominate State Dept. spokesperson Heather Nauert to serve as U.N. Ambassador.

"She's very talented, very smart, very quick, and I think she's going to be respected by all." https://t.co/aCJp34eFVV pic.twitter.com/QIiNtz2HEm

— ABC News (@ABC) December 7, 2018

I don’t know much about her, but this is what the Wall Street Journal had to say back when she was rumored about in November:

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.

We’ll have to wait and see if she holds a candle to Nikki.

She has some MIGHTY big shoes to fill.