Republican Walker lost the 2022 trot to Democratic US Senator Raphael Warnock in Georgia
Reuters
18 December, 2024, 01:25 pm
Final modified: 18 December, 2024, 01:30 pm
President-elect Donald Trump nominated Herschel Walker, the extinct soccer superstar who he had beforehand backed for the 2022 Senate trot in Georgia, as the US ambassador to The Bahamas, Trump acknowledged on his Truth Social platform on Tuesday.
Republican Walker lost the 2022 trot to Democratic US Senator Raphael Warnock in Georgia.
Walker used to be one in every of Trump’s earliest 2022 endorsements. He used to be a staunch opponent of abortion and confronted claims that he paid for two girls to private abortions after getting them pregnant, which he denied.
He used to be moreover broadly diagnosed for gaffes on policy points and now and again confusing musings, including one riff on werewolves and vampires.
The US established diplomatic relations with The Bahamas in 1973 following its independence from the United Kingdom.
About 80% p.c of the 7 million vacationers who search the advice of with The Bahamas every year approach from the US, consistent with the Speak Department, which adds that the commerce relationship of the 2 worldwide locations is ready $7.3 billion every year with a $3.8 billion US commerce surplus.
