Trump Taps Former NFL Star To Serve As Ambassador

President Trump has tapped former NFL Star Herschel Walker to serve as ambassador to the Bahamas.

Herschel Walker, who was a star football player for the Georgia Bulldogs and the Dallas Cowboys, recently was endorsed by Trump in the Georgia Senate race in 2021 but narrowly lost.

In a post on Truth Social, Trump wrote, “Herschel has spent decades serving as an ambassador to our nation’s youth, our men and women in the military, and athletes at home and abroad.”

Trump added, “[He will] make Georgia [Walker’s home state], and our entire Nation, proud, because we know you will always put AMERICA FIRST!”

🚨BREAKING: Donald Trump nominates Herschel Walker as United States Ambassador to the Bahamas. pic.twitter.com/bKdz4b5NFy

— Benny Johnson (@bennyjohnson) December 18, 2024

Here’s what Fox News reported:

President-elect Trump has a new game plan for Herschel Walker, his longtime friend, ally and former football star.

Three years after Trump handpicked Walker to run for the Senate in his home state of Georgia in a crucial, combative, expensive and high-profile Senate race, the president-elect is now selecting his friend to serve as the U.S. ambassador to the Caribbean nation of the Bahamas.

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“Herschel has spent decades serving as an ambassador to our nation’s youth, our men and women in the military, and athletes at home and abroad,” Trump said in a statement Tuesday night on social media, as he pointed to Walker’s résumé, which includes serving as co-chair of the President’s Council on Sports, Fitness and Nutrition during Trump’s first term in the White House.

Walker is a former professional and college football star running back who won a Heisman Trophy and helped propel the University of Georgia to a national championship.

His friendship with the former and future president goes back to his days playing for the New Jersey Generals, the Trump-owned USFL football team in the 1980s. Walker also was a major Trump supporter and surrogate in the 2020 presidential election.

In August 2021, Walker launched a Republican Senate campaign in Georgia after months of support and encouragement from Trump to run for office.

Walker, a first-time politician, was dogged during his Senate run by controversial statements and damaging revelations about his personal life and business career.

🚨 BREAKING: Trump announces the nomination of Herschel Walker as ambassador to the Bahamas pic.twitter.com/dswb1TAipy

— johnny maga (@_johnnymaga) December 18, 2024

Per The Guardian:

Donald Trump has nominated the former American football star and failed Republican Senate candidate Herschel Walker as the US ambassador to Bahamas.

“Herschel has spent decades serving as an ambassador to our nation’s youth, our men and women in the military, and athletes at home and abroad,” Trump wrote in a post on his Truth Social platform. “[He will] make Georgia [Walker’s home state], and our entire Nation, proud, because we know you will always put AMERICA FIRST!”

Elsewhere in his post, Trump hailed Walker as “an NFL great” and also noted that he was a member of the US bobsled team at the 1992 winter Olympics.

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There is currently no serving US ambassador in the Bahamas.