The United States President Donald Trump’s pick to be America’s new ambassador to the United Nations, Heather Nauret, has reportedly withdrawn her nomination for the seat.
According to BBC news reports, former Fox News presenter, Heather Nauret, in an official statement, said on Saturday, that her decision to withdraw from the post was made “in the best interest of my family”.
Nauret’s statement, which was issued by the US state department, further stated, “The past two months have been gruelling.”
The US president had announced Nauret as his prior choice for the US envoy to UN last year in December. At the time, Trump has said, “She’s very talented, very smart, very quick, and I think she’s going to be respected by all.”
Nauret, who is currently serving as the spokesperson for the US state department, would have replaced Nikki Haley who had in October 2018, announced to step down from the post of UN ambassador by the end of the year.
Some had doubted whether Nauret would able to hold the post as does she had sufficient experience to deal with the complex foreign policy issues which were being tackled by the UN ambassadors.
Meanwhile, the unnamed sources told American media that Nauret took this decision after the White House made aware of an issue following the background check.
US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said Ms Nauert had “performed her duties as a senior member of my team with unequalled excellence” and that she will “continue to be a great representative of this nation”.