By Kanishka Singh
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – President-elect Donald Trump has nominated Herschel Walker, the former football star he previously endorsed for Georgia's 2022 Senate race, as U.S. ambassador to the Bahamas, Trump said on his Truth Social platform on Tuesday.
Republican Walker lost the 2022 race to Democratic U.S. Sen. Raphael Warnock in Georgia.
Walker was one of Trump's first endorsements in 2022. He was a staunch opponent of abortion and faced claims that he paid for the abortions of two women after getting them pregnant, which he denied.
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He was also widely known for his blunders on policy issues and sometimes confusing musings, including a riff on werewolves and vampires.
The United States established diplomatic relations with the Bahamas in 1973 following its independence from the United Kingdom.
About 80% of the seven million tourists who visit the Bahamas annually come from the United States, according to the State Department. It added that the trade relationship between the two countries amounts to approximately $7.3 billion annually, with a US trade surplus of $3.8 billion.
(Reporting by Kanishka Singh in Washington; Editing by Michael Perry)
