The choice of Whitaker as the U.S.’s representative to the organization is an unusual one, given his background is in law enforcement and not in foreign policy
Former acting attorney-general Matt Whitaker waves as Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump speaks at a caucus night party in Des Moines, Iowa, on Jan. 15.Donald Trump says he has chosen former acting attorney-general Matt Whitaker to serve as U.S. ambassador to NATO, the bedrock Western alliance that the president-elect has expressed skepticism about for years.
Before then, he was chief of staff to Trump’s first attorney-general, Jeff Sessions, before being picked to replace his boss after Sessions was fired amid lingering outrage over his decision to withdraw from the Russia investigation. Whitaker held the position for several months, on an acting basis and without Senate confirmation, until William Barr was confirmed as attorney-general in February 2019.
Retired Gen. Philip Breedlove, a former supreme allied commander of NATO, said the ambassador’s position was “incredibly important” within the U.S. and NATO security framework, as the direct representative of U.S. presidents in decision-making within the alliance. “They need to be seen as actually representing what the president intends. To have the trust and confidence of the president, that’s what’s most important in that position,” he said.
In the years since, he has continued to threaten not to defend NATO members that fail to meet spending goals. Jens Stoltenberg, NATO’s secretary-general at the time, said in response that “any suggestion that allies will not defend each other undermines all of our security, including that of the U.S., and puts American and European soldiers at increased risk.”
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