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Monday, November 11, 2024
Trump picks Elise Stefanik as US ambassador to UN
US President-elect Donald Trump confirms he will nominate pro-Israel New York Rep. Elise Stefanik to be US ambassador to the United Nations.
“I am honored to nominate Chairwoman Elise Stefanik to serve in my Cabinet as US Ambassador to the United Nations. Elise is an incredibly strong, tough, and smart America First fighter,” Trump, says in a statement to The New York Post.
Stefanik confirms she will accept the post.
“I am truly honored to earn President Trump’s nomination to serve in his Cabinet as US Ambassador to the United Nations,” Stefanik tells The Post.
“During my conversation with President Trump, I shared how deeply humbled I am to accept his nomination and that I look forward to earning the support of my colleagues in the United States Senate.”
“President Trump’s historic landslide election has given hope to the American people and is a reminder that brighter days are ahead — both at home and abroad,” she tells The Post.
“America continues to be the beacon of the world, but we expect and must demand that our friends and allies be strong partners in the peace we seek.”
Stefanik, a high-ranking Republican in Congress, has been a leading pro-Israel lawmaker and led efforts to counter antisemitism on US campuses.
Her tough questioning last fall led to the departure of presidents of Harvard and the University of Pennsylvania who equivocated when she asked them if they would condemn calls for genocide against Jews.
And during a meeting of the Knesset Caucus for Jewish and Pro-Israel Students on Campuses Around the World this year she slammed US President Joe Biden’s decision to pause a shipment of thousands of bombs to Israel, warning that unless Israel is supplied with the weapons necessary to “achieve total victory,” America could face its own October 7.
