Trump picks former Senate candidate Herschel Walker for ambassador to the Bahamas

[BumRushDaShow]

Source: NBC News

Dec. 17, 2024, 10:44 PM EST


President-elect Donald Trump on Tuesday named Herschel Walker, who unsuccessfully ran for a Georgia Senate seat in 2022, as his pick for U.S. ambassador to the 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 on his social media platform, Truth Social.

Walker, a Heisman Trophy winner at the University of Georgia before he played in the NFL, led a tumultuous Senate campaign two years ago as the Republican nominee in his home state, Georgia, ultimately losing to Democratic Sen. Raphael Warnock in a runoff.

NBC News reported in 2022 that financial troubles, micromanaging and Walker’s evasiveness about his past all contributed to problems during his candidacy. His campaign was rocked just weeks before the election when a bombshell report said Walker, a staunch anti-abortion candidate, paid for a woman’s abortion in 2009.

Read more: https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/donald-trump/trump-taps-herschel-walker-ambassador-bahamas-rcna184629

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My last vacation to the Caribbean was about 10 years ago to Nassau (me and my sisters and their kids went there after my mother passed away earlier that year - previous time there was in 1975). And now the poor country is going to be slimed by this guy (and I remember when he briefly played for the Eagles).

[Earth Bound Misfit]

1. Oh FFS!

[uncledad]

2. Decisions at Mar-a-lardo

Staffer: Sir you need an ambassador to the Bahama's. Stump: Bahamas, call one of my Blacks!

[brer cat]

3. I had hoped to never see his name again.

He personifies dumb.

[sop]

4. Anyone who ever said something nice about him will receive a peerage in the Trump Restoration.

[underpants]

5. I'm just waiting to see which Ambassadorship Lee Greenwood gets

Ambassador Walker huh?

[uncledad]

9. Greenwood for Greenland

And Vanilla Ice for Iceland of course!

[Harker]

20. Under that system, the possibilities for Turkey will be many. n/t

[uncledad]

29. Don Jr. for Columbia!

[Harker]

30. Good call... cut out the middleman!

As an added bonus, he'd probably never come back.

[City Lights]

6. The US is a joke. A sick joke. nt

[Evolve Dammit]

23. Never thought we could go so low and be so depraved, but here we go.

[City Lights]

28. It's really disheartening. nt.

[Fla Dem]

7. Yep, sending all our best to represent us in foreign governments.

[CatWoman]

8. rapists and liars and drunks,

oh my!!!!

[underpants]

21. Joran van der Sloot isn't available I guess.

[twodogsbarking]

10. So what job will Pee Diddy get?

[heckles65]

11. It's too bad St. Helena is a Britisch colony

and therefore does not need a U.S. ambassador.

[Attilatheblond]

12. Just me, or does anybody else wonder if this is about Make Drug Running Safe Again?

Somehow, I hear Trump or a minion ...'Oh, water, the place is surrounded by water? Some guys use boats to haul drugs, right? There's money in that shit! How can we make sure shipments get thru?'

[rurallib]

13. flat out insult to the Bahamas

[Ray Bruns]

14. Sure. Why not?

[twodogsbarking]

15. Where I grew up they would say he is dumber than cat shit.

[patphil]

16. Another one thrown into the Trump swamp.

"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"
Oh? I hadn't noticed, and I don't think anyone else did either.

At least Trump is consistent in his incredibly bad choices. Choosing the worst people to fill posts in his administration will be one of the "highlights" of his term in office.
It's like one of those clown cars at the circus. The clowns keep coming out, and you marvel at how many there are.

[republianmushroom]

17. LOL

What a way to make a country dislike us.

[SpankMe]

18. Oh, holy crap!

What's next - Ted Nugent for Executive Director of the World Bank?

All the while, the MSM reports on these nominations like they're "normal".

[EYESORE 9001]

19. Vampires and werewolves on the islands are giddy with anticipation

The ordinary Bahamians? Not so much.

[Harker]

22. Can he even get dressed without coaching? n/t

[liberalgunwilltravel]

24. What a joke

I’d love to see someone ask Walker to point out the Bahamas on a map.

[ZonkerHarris]

25. Sorry Bahamas

[dutch777]

26. Was hoping for Special Envoy to Haiti but at least he can't do much damage in Bahamas

At least in the big picture and world view of things

[Bo Zarts]

27. The Onion? The Borowitz Report?

Puh-leeze tell me that this is satire!

[C0RI0LANUS]

31. In 1984 Trumpf lured the Heisman Trophy award winner to his USFL NJ Generals (another failure).

Only in America can a man with an addled brain run for the US Senate, lose, but land on his feet with an Ambassadorship which is a title for life. According to the US Department of State, the base salary of a US Ambassador ranges from $124,406 to $187,000 per year.

[ificandream]

32. Only the best ...LOL.

[jmowreader]

33. Herschel Walker has a very long history with Trump

In 1983 Mr. Walker signed with the New Jersey Generals of the United States Football League. In 1984 Trump bought the Generals and Walker became his employee. Walker was a good enough player to move to the NFL after Trump destroyed the USFL.