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What Did the Bahamas Do to Deserve Herschel Walker as Ambassador?

The Bahamas got a Clearly Unqualified Ambassador

William Spivey
The Polis

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Senior Airman Sean Martin, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

Herschel Walker may not be the worst choice Donald Trump has made for serving as the United States ambassador to a foreign country. But beating out a felon and a gold-digger being kicked to the curb exceeds a very low bar. It’s probably Trump’s idea of loyalty to Walker for continuing to say nice things about Trump, though all along, Walker was set up for failure. Herschel was never qualified to run for the U.S. Senate, and it should have been embarrassing for him to keep publicly revealing his ineptitude.

Trump described Walker as “a successful businessman, philanthropist, former Heisman Trophy winner.” The success of his business ventures can undoubtedly be challenged. Remember that the man lauding him has six bankruptcies to his credit. Walker has threatened his then-wife with a gun and had violent outbursts. Anyone else would have been jailed; Irving, TX, police only took his gun away and put his address on a “caution list” due to Walker’s violent tendencies.

I was fortunate enough to befriend several Bahamians while in college at Fisk University. Two of them were fraternity brothers, and I have visited the Bahamas several times over the years. The average Bahamian is far better versed in world…

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