Heather Nauert: former Fox News host to be Trump UN ambassador

Experts say that decision to replace Nikki Haley with ‘inexperienced’ ex-journalist is ‘hard to believe’

Heather Nauert, Department of State
Heather Nauert has been spokesperson for the US Department of State since 2017, her first role in government
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US President Donald Trump has nominated State Department spokeswoman and former Fox News anchor Heather Nauert to be the nation’s new ambassador to the UN.

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