Cindy McCain is expected to be offered a role in President Donald Trump’s State Department, according to a Monday report in The Daily Beast.
McCain, who is married to outspoken Trump critic, Senator John McCain, is reportedly Trump’s pick for a post at Foggy Bottom and may hold the title of “U.S. Ambassador-at-Large for human rights”
Trump personally, “aggressively courted her for this,” a White House source told the news outlet.
“It’s a done deal now. The President had floated several positions before—this is the one that stuck”, said the source.
A formal announcement of that new role is expected within a matter of weeks. Early last month, the Associated Press reported that Cindy McCain was expected to be “offered a prominent role in the Trump administration’s State Department.”
TheWhite House under Trump has been known to suddenly reverse course on major personnel changes, meaning plans for McCain’s new post could always change in the last minute, but administration sources say she has communicated to the president that she will accept the post if it’s offered.
According to the White House official, the president’s daughter and adviser Ivanka Trump had strongly recommended that President Trump “aggressively” offer the Ambassador-at-Large position to McCain. Ivanka, who hosted an anti human trafficking roundtable at the White House last month, was impressed by McCain’s years of work on global humanitarian issues, The Daily Beast writes.
Both Cindy McCain and her husband have been outspoken in past criticism of Trump. Cindy McCain is known for working extensively on human rights issues and is part of the McCain’s Institute’s Human Trafficking Advisory Council.
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