Donald Trump on Tuesday announced that he’d tapped former NFL star turned failed GOP Senate candidate Herschel Walker to become the next U.S. ambassador to the Bahamas.
Critics on social media were stunned by the move, with many slamming the overall staffing of the president-elect’s second term as a “shit show.”
“Herschel has spent decades serving as an Ambassador to our Nation’s youth, our men and women in the Military, and athletes at home and abroad,” Trump wrote on his Truth Social platform. Walker will “make Georgia, and our entire Nation, proud, because we know you will always put AMERICA FIRST!” he added.
Walker lost a 2022 Georgia Senate runoff election to Sen. Raphael Warnock (D), despite being fiercely backed by Trump and his MAGA allies.
The former athlete was slammed by his own son during the campaign as women came forward to allege he’d pressured them into having abortions.
Walker accidentally endorsed the wrong Trump during the 2024 campaign, calling people to vote for Trump’s son, Donald Trump Jr.
The returning POTUS had previously talked about putting Walker in charge of a “missile defense shield” if he won the election.
Critics mocked Walker’s new gig with reminders of his controversial moments.