Trump picks ambassadors to 5 countries, including Japan
President-elect Donald Trump has chosen a former investment bank president to be the next U.S. ambassador to Japan.
George Glass, who served as ambassador to Portugal in the first Trump administration, would replace Rahm Emanuel in Japan.
“As a former President of an Investment Bank, George will bring his business acumen to the Ambassador’s position,” Trump said in a Truth Social post Monday.
The president-elect also announced who he has chosen to nominate to serve as ambassadors to the Dominican Republic, Austria, Luxembourg and Uruguay.
For the Dominican Republic, Trump chose Leah Francis Campos, who was a CIA case officer before becoming senior adviser for the Western Hemisphere on the House Foreign Affairs Committee. She’s also the sister of “Fox and Friends Weekend” anchor Rachel Campos-Duffy — the spouse of Sean Duffy, Trump’s pick to serve as secretary of transportation.
Trump said he would nominate Arthur Graham Fisher, president of Fisher Realty, as ambassador to Austria and Stacey Feinberg, president of investment firm 33 Capital, as ambassador to Luxembourg.
He said he had chosen Lou Rinaldi, a friend and businessperson, to be ambassador to Uruguay.
The president-elect noted that Rinaldi grew up in Uruguay and has “expertise and background” to advance U.S. interests and strengthen relations between the U.S. and Uruguay.
“Lou is a great golfer, and will be in a Country with some terrific courses,” he said.