On Tuesday (Dec. 17), President-elect Donald Trump once again shocked the country with another one of his appointments. He officially named former NFL star Herschel Walker as the U.S. ambassador to the Bahamas. Walker ran for a Georgia Senate seat in 2022 ...

In his post on Truth Social, Trump praised Walker's extensive background in sports and Walker's previous role in his first administration

President-elect Trump dropped a round of ambassador nominations on social media Tuesday night, naming Herschel Walker and Nicole McGraw as nominees to serve in the Bahamas and Croatia.

The former NFL player, who lost his Senate race to Raphael Warnock in Georgia in 2022, has no clear ties to the Bahamas and little to no diplomatic experience.

“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.

President-elect Donald J. Trump selected Herschel Walker on Tuesday to be the US ambassador to the small Caribbean nation of the Bahamas, turning to a longtime ally and former football star who generated national headlines in his failed run for a Senate seat in Georgia in 2022.

Herschel Walker, the former football star who unsuccessfully ran for Senate in Georgia in 2022, will be nominated to serve as ambassador to the Bahamas.

President-elect Donald Trump backed the Heisman Trophy winner’s failed 2022 Senate campaign in Georgia, which was plagued by scandals.

Former NFL running back Herschel Walker was selected by President-elect Donald Trump as ambassador to the Bahamas.

Herschel Walker’s nomination for the plum diplomatic position will mark a political comeback for the former Georgia Senate hopeful if he is confirmed.

United States President-elect Donald Trump announced Tuesday that legendary Georgia Bulldogs running back and Heisman Trophy winner Herschel Walker has been nominated as the U.S. ambassador to the Bahamas.