U.S. President Donald Trump said he’ll nominate State Department spokeswoman Heather Nauert to be his next United Nations ambassador but, a White House official said, the post will be downgraded from its current cabinet-level status.
While Nauert struggled under former Secretary of State Rex Tillerson, who kept her blocked out of his inner circle, the former Fox News anchor built a rapport with current Secretary Michael Pompeo, who came to trust her as a reliable voice and advocate for Trump’s agenda.