Trump names billionaire funding banker Warren Stephens as his envoy to Britain
WASHINGTON —
President-elect Donald Trump has named billionaire funding banker Warren Stephens as his envoy to Britain, a prestigious posting for the Republican donor whose contributions this one year incorporated $2 million to a Trump-backing much PAC.
Trump, in a put up on his Truth Social web page Monday evening, introduced he was once deciding on Stephens to be the U.S. ambassador to the Court docket of Saint James. The Senate is required to substantiate the choice.
“Warren has continuously dreamed of serving the United States elephantine time. I’m happy that he’ll now possess that alternative as the tip Diplomat, representing the U.S.A. to 1 of The United States’s most cherished and liked Allies,” Trump acknowledged in in his put up.
Stephens is the chairman, president and CEO of Little Rock, Arkansas-basically basically based totally financial products and providers agency Stephens Inc., having taken over the agency from his father.
Trump has already named many of his nominees for his Cabinet and high-profile diplomatic posts, assembling a roster of staunch loyalists. Over the weekend, Trump introduced he intends to appoint real estate developer Charles Kushner, father of Trump’s son-in-law Jared Kushner, to support as ambassador to France.
All over his first time length, Trump selected Robert “Woody” Johnson, a contributor to his marketing campaign and the owner of the New York Jets soccer group, as his manual to the United Kingdom.
