Former NFL star and longtime Trump ally Herschel Walker will serve as the U.S. ambassador to the Bahamas. President-elect Trump announced the appointment, citing Walker's experience as a spokesperson for youth, the military, and athletes.
President-elect Donald 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 .
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 Trump-owned New Jersey Generals 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. The race between Walker and Democratic incumbent Sen. Raphael Warnock ended up being one of the most closely watched Senate battles in the 2022 midterms.
This year, Walker joined Trump on the campaign trail in Georgia days before Election Day, as the former president carried the key southeastern battleground state after narrowly losing it to President Biden four years ago. Walker becomes the third Republican who lost a recent Senate race in Georgia to be nominated by Trump for a post in his second administration. Former Sen. David Perdue, who lost his seat to Democrat Sen.
This past weekend, Walker graduated from the University of Georgia, 42 years after he last attended the school.
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