Herschel Walker’s New Trump White House Role Slammed As ‘S**t Show’

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Donald Trump on Tuesday announced that he’d tapped former NFL star turned failed GOP Senate candidate Herschel Walker to become the next U.S. ambassador to the Bahamas.

Critics on social media were stunned by the move, with many slamming the overall staffing of the president-elect’s second term as a “shit show.”

“Herschel has spent decades serving as an Ambassador to our Nation’s youth, our men and women in the Military, and athletes at home and abroad,” Trump wrote on his Truth Social platform. Walker will “make Georgia, and our entire Nation, proud, because we know you will always put AMERICA FIRST!” he added.

Walker lost a 2022 Georgia Senate runoff election to Sen. Raphael Warnock (D), despite being fiercely backed by Trump and his MAGA allies.

The former athlete was slammed by his own son during the campaign as women came forward to allege he’d pressured them into having abortions.

Walker accidentally endorsed the wrong Trump during the 2024 campaign, calling people to vote for Trump’s son, Donald Trump Jr.

The returning POTUS had previously talked about putting Walker in charge of a “missile defense shield” if he won the election.

Critics mocked Walker’s new gig with reminders of his controversial moments.

https://t.co/b1utNk5mZr

— Ryan Satin (@ryansatin) December 18, 2024

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Hulk Hogan is gonna get the last laugh on Iron Sheik when Trump makes him the Ambassador to Iran https://t.co/b1utNk5mZr

— Ryan Satin (@ryansatin) December 18, 2024

I’d love to see just one person ask herschel walker where The Bahamas is..

Covie (@covie93.bsky.social) 2024-12-18T03:02:48.989Z

Why the fuck not. Don’t forget your fake badge, Herschel

Outspoken™️ (@out5p0ken.bsky.social) 2024-12-18T05:11:07.288Z

Missed opportunity to make Herschel Walker the special envoy to supernatural beings and finally bring peace to vampires and werewolves

Frank Lesser (@sadmonsters.bsky.social) 2024-12-18T02:54:08.615Z

Well it could be worse. He could be Senator Herschel Walker.

(@estern839.bsky.social) 2024-12-18T02:55:16.771Z

At least Herschel Walker can’t break anything significant as the Ambassador to The Bahamas.

Grant Stern (@grantstern.bsky.social) 2024-12-18T02:41:44.729Z

Holy sh*t. Trump just picked Herschel Walker to be U.S. Ambassador to the Bahamas

Republicans Against Trumpism (@rpsagainsttrump.bsky.social) 2024-12-18T02:28:55.532Z

Donald Trump tapped Herschel Walker as Ambassador to the Bahamas.Clown. Show.

Art Candee 🍿🥤 (@artcandee.bsky.social) 2024-12-18T02:27:08.036Z

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Trump nominates Herschel Walker as Ambassador to the Bahamas.“A werewolf can kill a vampire, did you know that? I never knew that. So I don’t want to be a vampire anymore, I want to be a werewolf.” – Herschel Walker

Hoodlum 🇺🇸 (@nothoodlum.bsky.social) 2024-12-18T02:27:56.440Z

Goddamn it, if Trump thinks Herschel Walker can be an Ambassador and Matt Gaetz can be Attorney General, what does he think of and what cabinet position will he give to Laura Loomer?

David Schwartz (@davidschwartz.bsky.social) 2024-12-18T03:10:02.314Z

Ambassador Herschel Walker. What a shit show.

Fred Wellman (@fpwellman.bsky.social) 2024-12-18T02:52:08.835Z