Trump will nominate Herschel Walker as ambassador to the Bahamas

President-elect Donald Trump said he would nominate former football star Herschel Walker as his ambassador to the Bahamas.

Trump, who made the announcement Tuesday night on his Truth Social platform, praised Walker for “being a tireless advocate” for youth sports and for his trips to military bases in efforts to remove “the stigma around mental health.” In a 2008 memoir, Walker, who rose to fame in the early 1980s as a running back with the University of Georgia Bulldogs, discussed his mental health issues.