Chelsea Clinton angling for ambassadorship if Kamala Harris wins election: sources By Sara Nathan and Lydia Moynihan
Published Aug. 2, 2024
Updated Aug. 2, 2024, 9:08 a.m. ET
Chelsea Clinton has eyes on an ambassadorship if Kamala Harris becomes president, according to sources.
“Chelsea really wants to be the ambassador to the UK,” said a Clinton source. “There’s a reason why Bill and Hillary came out in the first five minutes to support Kamala’s presidential bid — they were currying favor.”
The source said the Clintons have been “working on this idea for a long time.”
Bill Clinton, Hillary Clinton, Chelsea Clinton, and Marc Mezvinsky posing for a photo at Chelsea's graduation from Oxford University, 10 May 2014
Chelsea Clinton and Bill Clinton both attended Oxford University after completing their undergraduate degree. Hillary and Bill Clinton are pictured with Chelsea and her husband, Marc Mezvinsky.
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The former first daughter, who is vice chair of the Clinton Foundation, would also love a gig in France, the source said.
“I can well imagine that the UK ambassadorship is an aspiration for Chelsea, although she is a bit junior still — and London usually goes to a massive donor or fundraiser,” a longtime British embassy official, now based in London, told The Post.
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Added the Clinton source of Chelsea’s UK dream: “It is, of course, fantasy land.”
Another person in the know noted that Chelsea, 44, would be open to ambassadorships in other countries, adding, “I’ve heard for a long time that Chelsea has been hopeful for an ambassadorship.”
Businesswoman Jane Hartley, 74, has been the ambassador to the UK since 2022, after Michael Bloomberg reportedly turned it down. She was formerly ambassador to France and Monaco during the Obama administration and has been a major campaign “bundler” for the Democratic party, reportedly helping raise a half-million dollars for Obama.
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Bill and Hilary Clinton were quick to endorse Kamala Harris as the Democratic nominee, announcing their support well before other prominent Democratic voices like Barack and Michelle Obama.
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Under Trump, the UK position was held by New York Jets owner Woody Johnson, who was a top Republican fundraiser during the 2016 campaign.
“Foreign countries love high-profile people as ambassadors because it brings them more attention,” the person in the know said. “They would rather have someone more famous and less rich.”
Chelsea, 44, who has three young children with husband Marc Mezvinsky, does have ties to the UK.
Chelsea Clinton holding a microphone and speaking with Jessica Giles on stage at the 2024 Hearst Eco-Conscious Living Summit in New York City
The former first daughter, who is vice chair of the Clinton Foundation, would love a gig in the UK or France, according to sources.
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Like her father, she attended Oxford University. She got her Master of Philosophy degree in international relations at the prestigious school in 2003, followed by a doctorate degree in 2014.
“She is 44 and has a long-held ambition for this. It’s important for her to have her own legacy,” the person in the know said. “She has always wanted to spend more time abroad, much like Caroline Kennedy” — who is the current ambassador to Australia and was ambassador to Japan under Obama.
As for the suggestion that Bill and Hillary Clinton endorsed Harris quickly to curry favor for Chelsea, a rep for Hillary told The Post, “Among stupid things said by clueless people, that’s pretty high up there.”
A longtime friend of Bill and Hillary Clinton also denied the couple endorsed Harris for any reason other than defeating Donald Trump.
Hillary Clinton and Chelsea Clinton posing together at the 2022 Toronto International Film Festival for their new Apple Documentary Series 'Gutsy'
Chelsea Clinton has been dreaming of an ambassador job for years, sources told The Post.
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A rep for Chelsea added: “There is no truth here. Chelsea is proud to support Vice President Harris and is committed to doing everything she can to ensure she is elected in November.”
The Foreign Office source confirmed there is a “lot of competition” for ambassador roles in England and France.
However, with her background, the person in the know noted, Chelsea could do good work in South Africa. “She cares so deeply about public health. South Africa is high profile enough and highly sought after.”
Poster Comment:
I can see that Hildabeast would do anything in her power to defeat Trump after her humiliating loss to him in 2016. Hillary was appointed by the Rothschilds to finish the job Obummer failed to do and bring down America.
If, heaven forbid, Harris should win they might appoint Chelsea to be Ambassador in Myanmar (Burma) to expand her knowledge of backwater countries.
Those who know their history will know the pivotal role played in Burma to run war supplies into China to fight the Japs.