AP: Trump chooses former acting Attorney General Matt Whitaker as NATO ambassador

[Dennis Donovan]

AP - Trump chooses former acting Attorney General Matt Whitaker as NATO ambassador



By JILL COLVIN and ERIC TUCKER
Updated 11:08 AM EST, November 20, 2024

WASHINGTON (AP) — Donald Trump says he has chosen former acting Attorney General Matt Whitaker to serve as U.S. ambassador to NATO, the bedrock Western alliance that the president-elect has repeatedly expressed skepticism about.

Trump, in a statement, said Whitaker was “a strong warrior and loyal Patriot” who “will ensure the United States’ interests are advanced and defended” and “strengthen relationships with our NATO Allies, and stand firm in the face of threats to Peace and Stability.”

The choice of Whitaker as the nation’s representative to the North Atlantic Treaty Organization is an unusual one, given his background is as a lawyer and not in foreign policy.

Whitaker, a former U.S. attorney in Iowa, served as acting attorney general between November 2018 and February 2019, as special counsel Robert Mueller’s investigation into Russian election interference was drawing to a close.

Before then, he was chief of staff to Trump’s first attorney general, Jeff Sessions, before being picked to replace his boss after Sessions was fired amid lingering outrage over his decision to withdraw from the Russia investigation. Whitaker held the position for several months, on an acting basis and without Senate confirmation, until William Barr was confirmed as attorney general in February 2019.

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[Blue Owl]

1. The Toilet Men

[snowybirdie]

4. But only

For the well endowed!

[BoRaGard]

5. Hired to flush NATO down the tubes

and to embrace the Evil Empire* and its ongoing war on American democracy.

* Ronald Reagan (R) on Russia

[Arkansas Granny]

2. Is it just me or do all of Trump's picks are nothing more that a big "F*ck you!"?

It seems that he is going out of his way to appoint the least qualified individuals to head the most important positions. If he has his way, we won't recognize our country in the coming months.

[Irish_Dem]

3. Putin/Trump saying FU to the US.

And causing as much damage as possible.

And not in a subtle way.