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The US just appointed the guy who inherited the Conair hairdryer dynasty to be the top US diplomat in Bermuda
(unrelated and by pure coincidence he also donated nearly $400,000 to Republican campaigns in 2016 https://www.opensecrets.org/donor-lookup/results?cand=&cycle=2016&employ=&name=Leandro+Rizzuto&state=&zip=)
(unrelated and by pure coincidence he also donated nearly $400,000 to Republican campaigns in 2016 https://www.opensecrets.org/donor-lookup/results?cand=&cycle=2016&employ=&name=Leandro+Rizzuto&state=&zip=)
He was supposed to be the US ambassador to Barbados (weeks after Trump nominated him in 2018, he pledged thousands of dollars for a gala at Trump's Mar-a-Lago club, as @Fahrenthold reported) https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/two-weeks-after-trump-chose-him-for-ambassador-nominee-pledged-money-for-a-gala-at-trumps-club/2018/02/22/596521f4-1806-11e8-b681-2d4d462a1921_story.html
He was also scrutinized for promoting fringe conspiracies on Twitter during the 2016 campaign cycle, including allegations Sen. Ted Cruz's wife "was a leading member in an effort to combine the governments of the US, Canada and Mexico" https://www.cnn.com/2018/02/05/politics/kfile-caribbean-ambassador-twitter/index.html
Trump has turbocharged the longstanding practice of tapping deep pocket political donors with no prior diplomatic experience to be ambassadors. It's a longstanding practice by both Democrats and Republicans https://foreignpolicy.com/2019/11/21/impeachment-campaign-donor-ambassadors-gordon-sondland-diplomacy-trump-state-department/
Obama, for example, tried to appoint a campaign megadonor George Tsunis to be his ambassador to Norway. Tsunis had never been to Norway & struggled on basic questions during his confirmation hearing (i.e. not knowing Norway didn't have a president) https://www.npr.org/2014/06/17/323032817/the-would-be-ambassador-to-norway-whos-never-been-there-himself
