Donald Trump has appointed Mark Burnett, a British tv producer who helped produce Trump’s present The Apprentice, because the US’s particular envoy to the UK.
In an announcement on Reality Social on Saturday, Trump hailed 64-year-old Burnett, saying: “With a distinguished profession in tv manufacturing and enterprise, Mark brings a novel mix of diplomatic acumen and worldwide recognition to this essential position.”
Trump went on to quote a number of reveals that Burnett had created and produced together with Survivor, Shark Tank, The Voice and, most notably, The Apprentice, which ran from 2004 to 2017 and featured Trump as its host.
As the previous chair of MGM Worldwide Tv Group, Burnett has received 13 Emmys.
“Mark will work to reinforce diplomatic relations, specializing in areas of mutual curiosity, together with commerce, funding alternatives, and cultural exchanges,” Trump mentioned, including: “Congratulations Mark!”
Burnett’s appointment, which doesn’t require Senate affirmation, follows Trump’s tapping of Republican mega-donor and funding banker Warren Stephens because the US’s ambassador to the UK.
Trump’s different picks additionally embody people who lack diplomatic and international coverage expertise. He just lately tapped the previous NFL participant Herschel Walker as ambassador to the Bahamas, in addition to his son-in-law’s father, Charles Kushner, as ambassador to France.
Throughout Walker’s failed Senate nomination bid two years in the past, all through which he touted his anti-abortion beliefs, experiences emerged of him allegedly pressuring a number of ladies – with whom he had had intimate relationships with – to acquire abortions. In the meantime, Kushner, whose son Jared is married to Trump’s daughter Ivanka, pleaded responsible in 2005 to 18 counts of unlawful marketing campaign contributions, tax evasion and wire tampering. Trump pardoned Kushner in 2020.
Trump has additionally appointed Kimberly Guilfoyle, the previous romantic associate of Trump’s son Donald Trump Jr, as ambassador to Greece.
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