TIL Desk/World/Washington/ US President Donald Trump has planned to nominate State Department spokeswoman Heather Nauert to replace Nikki Haley as his new ambassador to the UN. Trump is expected to make the announcement Friday morning.
Nauert has been on the short list for ambassador to the UN since Haley announced that she was stepping down from her post in October. Formerly a Fox News anchor, she came to the administration in 2017 with no prior government experience.
She will have to be confirmed by the Senate to secure her position, where Democrats will likely grill Nauert on her qualifications for the position. In her new role, Nauert would be responsible for maintaining international support for economic sanctions against North Korea and continuing the Trump administration’s unflinching support for Israel in the face of mounting scrutiny at the UN.
A former news reporter for ABC, Nauert joined Fox in 1996, originally as a correspondent and later as a co-host for “Fox and Friends”. Nauert has earned a reputation as a stalwart defender of the President even through the turbulent tenure of Trump’s first Secretary of State, Rex Tillerson.
