(Washington) Donald Trump announced Monday that he would appoint Warren Stephens, a billionaire banker and financial backer of the Republican, as the next United States ambassador to the United Kingdom.
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“Over the past 38 years, as chairman and CEO of his company Stephens Inc., Warren has built a formidable financial services company, while selflessly giving back to his community as a philanthropist,” the future Republican president said. on its Truth Social platform.
Warren Stephens – whose investment bank is based in Arkansas and not on Wall Street – has donated several million dollars over the past year to political organizations campaigning for Republicans, including Donald Trump’s, according to the NGO Open Secrets.
Since his election against Kamala Harris on November 5, the Republican has made numerous sensational appointments for his administration, surrounding himself with loyalists with often controversial profiles.
Donald Trump announced on Saturday that he would appoint Charles Kushner, the father of his son-in-law and former advisor Jared Kushner, as United States ambassador to France. Charles Kushner spent a year in federal prison for tax embezzlement and was pardoned by President Trump in December 2020.
During his first term in the White House, the Republican appointed another billionaire and support of his campaign, businessman Woody Johnson, as United States ambassador to the United Kingdom.
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