Donald Trump has tapped former acting attorney general Matthew Whitaker as U.S. ambassador to NATO, set to make him the nation’s representative to a bedrock Western alliance that the president-elect has repeatedly relished criticizing.
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Whitaker has a legal and criminal justice background, rather than one focused on foreign policy and national security, yet is poised to take over an important position for U.S. global affairs.That's especially true amid the ongoing war in Ukraine, and Trump's claim earlier this year that, during his first administration, he warned” to countries that are “delinquent.” That was part of Trump's continued vocal attacks on foreign aid and long-standing international alliances.
More recently, Whitaker has been a relentless critic of the federal criminal cases against Trump, which appear set to evaporate after his Election Day win. Whitaker has used regular appearances on Fox News to join other Republicans in decrying what they contend is the politicization of the Justice Department over the past four years.Whitaker is a former U.S.
U.S. NATO ambassadors often have extensive experience in the military or national security. Trump’s first-term NATO ambassador, former Texas Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison, did not, although she had been involved in foreign-policy issues in Congress.
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