Herschel Walker's Bahamas role is big downgrade from what Trump offered

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

77% : Trump praised Walker on Truth Social on Tuesday: "Herschel has spent decades serving as an Ambassador to our Nation's youth, our men and women in the Military, and athletes at home and abroad," Trump posted on Truth Social.
66% : Walkers's appointment as ambassador to the Bahamas was announced by Trump on social media on Tuesday night.
65% : "Trump went on to call Walker, a former National Football League (NFL) player, a "successful businessman, philanthropist, former Heisman Trophy winner, and NFL Great."
57% : Trump gave Walker an early endorsement in his Senate campaign, despite concerns from some Republicans about Walker's personal history, effectively clearing the way for his primary win and eventual loss to Warnock.
57% : Walker's connection to Trump dates back to the early 1980s, when he joined the New Jersey Generals, a team in the United States Football League owned by Trump at the time.
49% : Walkers appointment comes after a string of Trump loyalists have been nominated for Cabinet positions, with some questioning the appropriateness of Trump's picks for his top team -- Walker included.
45% : However, Trump has previously declared he would create an "Iron Dome" for the United States in a second term, referring to the missile defense system used by Israel, which is designed to intercept short-range rockets, as well as shells and mortars, at ranges of between 4km and 70km.
44% : Trump has not discussed his plans for the missile defense shield recently, but on Tuesday, Rep. Mike Waltz, Trump's pick for national security adviser, said he wants the U.S. to have an "Iron Dome" system like Israel.
41% : His appointment comes after Trump previously told supporters at a rally in Georgia in April that he wanted to put Herschel in charge of a new missile defense shield if elected.
39% : Herschel has traveled to over 400 Military installations around the World, removing the stigma surrounding mental health," Trump added.
34% : It is not clear what Trump meant by a "missile defense shield," or if Trump meant Walker would be in charge of overseeing all U.S. missile defenses or the process of building a new system.
34% : This week a group of Democrats on the Senate Armed Services Committee wrote to Trump to express "deep concerns" about whether "Pete Hegseth's attitudes toward women, including allegations of sexual assault and harassment, disqualify him to be the next Secretary of Defense.
31% : Trump spoke after Walker, saying if he was elected, he would "build a missile defense shield all made in the USA," and "put Herschel Walker in charge of that little sucker."
31% : In his book The Art of the Deal, Trump described berating the team's coach for not fully utilizing Walker's abilities.
16% : At the Georgia rally in April, Walker accidentally endorsed the wrong Trump, calling on people to vote for the President-elect's son, Donald Trump Jr."It is time for it to stop, and it stops on Tuesday when we vote for my friend, and your friend, Donald Trump Jr. -- Donald Trump.
9% : At the rally in April, Trump said "a lot of" such a system would be built in Georgia, where Walker lost a Senate runoff election to Sen. Raphael Warnock in 2022, despite being strongly backed by Trump and his MAGA allies.

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