Christopher Landau has no diplomatic experience but speaks Spanish
President Donald Trump has nominated a veteran Washington lawyer as his first ambassador to Mexico, a delicate role in representing a US leader set on building a wall between the countries.
He has no diplomatic experience but studied Latin America at Harvard and speaks Spanish. His father, George Landau, was a longtime US policymaker in Latin America who served as ambassador to Chile, Paraguay and Venezuela. Numerous key diplomatic posts remain empty more than two years into Trump's tenure. The US has been without an ambassador in Mexico City since May, when Roberta Jacobson, who was named by Barack Obama, resigned. She had initially decided to stay on after Trump's election to ensure continuity but complained of chaotic decision-making.
Trump rose to power on a staunchly anti-immigration platform, calling some Mexican immigrants rapists and making his signature issue the construction of a wall on the border which he told campaign rallies that Mexico would fund.
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