Trump Names State Spokeswoman Nauert for UN Ambassador

Acting Under Secretary of State for Public Diplomacy and Public Affairs and State Department spokesperson Heather Nauert holds a press briefing at the Department of State in Washington on July 31, 2018. Samira Bouaou/The Epoch Times

WASHINGTON—President Donald Trump announced on Dec. 7, he’s nominating State Department spokeswoman Heather Nauert to be the next U.S. ambassador to the United Nations.

“Heather Nauert will be nominated,” Trump said Friday before departing the White House on Marine One for an event in Kansas City. “She’s very talented, very smart, very quick, and I think she’s going to be respected by all.”