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TEHRAN, Mar 19 - Donald Trump will nominate a Washington attorney, Christopher Landau, to be the next United States Ambassador to Mexico, the White House Press Office said on Monday.
TEHRAN, Young Journalists Club (YJC) - Roberta Jacobson, the previous U.S. ambassador, stepped down in May, joining a list of senior U.S. State Department officials to resign during Trump’s presidency.
The White House described Landau as a constitutional and appellate attorney who has briefed and argued appeals before the Supreme Court, Federal courts of appeals, and State appellate courts.
No formal diplomatic experience was mentioned in the White House statement, which said Landau is fluent in Spanish.
Landau could not immediately be reached for comment.
The nomination comes at a time of strained relations between the neighbors amid trade disputes, Trump’s complaints about undocumented immigrants crossing the border, and his efforts to build an extended border wall.
To build the border wall Trump issued the emergency declaration he signed on Feb. 15, by the virtue of it he would take money from other federal programs to construct the barrier he says is needed to curb illegal immigration and drug trafficking.
With the emergency declaration, the president is seeking an alternative way to get billions of dollars for the wall after Congress declined to give him funding.
Court challenges have also been filed asserting it is Congress, not the president, that decides how taxpayer money is spent.
Source: Reuters
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