President Donald Trump has officially nominated Kelly Knight Craft as the new United States ambassador to the United Nations.
Trump first stated his intention to nominate Craft in February on Twitter. He said that she had done an “outstanding job” in her current role as U.S. ambassador to Canada.
Nikki Haley showed her support for Craft in February on Twitter and said that she would be a “strong voice for America at the United Nations.”
Knigt Craft is currently serving as the U.S. ambassador to Canda a post she has held since August 3, 2017. Her third husband, Joe Craft, is a billionaire coal-mining executive for Alliance Resource Partners, L.P., the third-largest coal producer in the eastern United States. Both she and her husband were very active in the 2016 campaign.