AMBASSADOR/NOMINATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/UN: “President Donald Trump on Friday [2-22-19] night announced he will nominate current Ambassador to Canada Kelly Knight Craft as his next United Nations ambassador…The announcement came about an hour after the president met face-to-face with Craft along with Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and national security adviser John Bolton in the Oval Office to finalize the nomination, according to a source familiar with the conversation. If confirmed, Craft would fill a vacancy left after Nikki Haley resigned from the post last year and State Department spokeswoman Heather Nauert withdrew from consideration over the weekend. Though the president was considering a number of potential nominees, including the U.S. ambassador to Germany, Richard Grenell, and former Michigan Senate candidate John James, Senate Majority leader Mitch McConnell took the unusual step this week of personally recommending Craft for the position during a phone call with Trump — a move that tipped the scales in her favor.”
–Alexander Panetta, Nahal Toosi, Eliana Johnson and Brent D. Griffiths, “Trump taps Kelly Knight Craft as U.N. ambassador,” Politico, February 22, 2019 8:03 pm