Nauert has gone from TV to spokeswoman for the Secretary of State. Now, the UN Ambassador job might be hers.
President Donald Trump is expected to select State Department spokeswoman Heather Nauert as the successor to replace Nikki Haley as the United Nations Ambassador, according to a recent Bloomberg report.
Insiders familiar with the intricacies surrounding Haley’s vacating position told Bloomberg that Nauert, 48, would be a good public relations source at the UN, but garnering respect on foreign policies might be a different game.
“Nauert is a very good public operator, and should do a professional job presenting U. S. policy at the UN,” Richard Gowan, a senior fellow at the United Nations University’s Center for Policy Research, said in the Bloomberg report . “It is less clear that she has the experience to hammer out hard deals with China and Russia over problems like Iran and North Korea.”
Nauert’s most recent background before joining the department was as a correspondent and anchor for “Fox and Friends,” a show and network cozy to the Trump White House and presidential campaign beforehand.
