President Biden Reportedly Selects Rahm Emanuel to Become U.S. Ambassador to Japan
President Biden is sending one of his buddies to Japan:
President Joe Biden is expected to nominate former Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel to serve as the U.S. ambassador to Japan, according to a person familiar with the president’s decision.
The person, who was not authorized to comment publicly about the matter and spoke on condition of anonymity Tuesday, said the White House plans to announce Emanuel’s nomination later this month.
Emanuel is a former three-term congressman who served as Barack Obama’s first White House chief of staff and was a senior adviser in Bill Clinton’s administration. Biden had considered naming Emanuel to serve as his transportation secretary but ultimately passed him over in the face of fierce opposition from some in the liberal wing of the Democratic Party and liberal activists.
Asahi Shimbun
You can read more at the link, but a good thing about being an ambassador to Japan is that if he needs to send a dead fish to anyone they will be easy find.
Rahm is nothing but another Obama lackey. Biden is just “getting the band back together. He’s on a mission from god.” (like the blues brothers)
Japan should get a mulligan. Thought Caroline Kennedy was a good selection from the Obama administration. I guess Korea will get stuck with someone like Eric Holder or some other Biden / Hillary lackey.
Maybe that’s why Psaki is leaving her PR job?