Trump taps billionaire Cuba-born horse enthusiast for Spain ambassador

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80% : 'Somers is a model, philanthropist, documentary producer, and very successful businesswoman,' Trump said.
79% : He came to the United States from communist Cuba at age 16, with just five dollars in his pocket, and built his company, Leon Medical Centers, into an incredible business,' Trump said in a statement announcing the selection late Thursday.
73% : He is a proud graduate of Boston College, a member of their Board of Regents, and also, a Patron of the Arts in the Vatican Museum,' Trump gushed.
68% : Trump named another donor, Joe Popolo, Jr., a Texas investor, to be ambassador to the Netherlands.
64% : Donald Trump announced his choice for a pair of desirable embassy postings Thursday night, with one top billionaire donor getting the coveted assignment of Madrid.
63% : 'For over 20 years, he helped transform the Freeman Company into the World's leading live event brand experience company,' Trump said in a post on his Truth Social site.
60% : Trump also announced some Treasury appointments, including naming longtime Republican congressional tax staffer Ken Kies to a top Treasury post.
60% : Samantha Schwab (r), granddaughter of billionaire Charles Schwab, is taking a Treasury Department post'Benjamín is a very successful businessman, equestrian enthusiast and philanthropist, Trump said as he announced he is nominating Benjamin Leon to be ambassador to SpainShe will be deputy chief of staff, reporting to Daniel Katz of the libertarian Manhattan Institute at a time when the Trump team is contemplating extending the expiring Trump tax cuts while Democrats are calling to retool their party's economic message.
53% : They are just some of the top donors, golf pals, and loyalists Trump is dispatching to embassies around the world, although the nominations require Senate confirmation.
52% : Trump chose Benjamin Leon, 80, a Cuban American businessman who donated about $3 million to Trump causes during the campaign, as his pick for U.S. ambassador to Spain.
48% : He also highlighted some awards on his resume, a feather in Popolo's cap that appeals to Trump, who bagged Time's 'Person of the Year' for the second time last month and who repeatedly claims he once won a Michigan 'man of the year' award.
42% : Presidents traditionally designate about a third of embassies to donors or friends, although Trump has taken the unusual step of naming son-in-law Jared Kushner's father Charles to ambassador to France and Donald Trump, Jr.'s ex Kimberly Guilfoyle to be ambassador to Greece.
40% : Donald Trump announced he is naming major donors to ambassadorial posts in Spain and the NetherlandsThe day before Christmas, Trump announced he was nominating Somers Farkas, whose husband Jonathan is heir to a department store fortune, as ambassador to Malta.

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