Confidential sources told the New York Post on Friday that Chelsea Clinton is eyeing an ambassadorship--likely to the UK--if Vice President Kamala Harris is elected in November.
“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.”
Such a move would be a way to keep the family in politics in some way--and who knows what could happen if the ambassadorship ends.
The Clintons have been “working on this idea for a long time,” the source said.
Clinton is currently vice chair of the Clinton Foundation, which has been suspected of getting money from foreign sources like China that isn't exactly on the up-and-up.
Even so, a UK ambassadorship is going to be hard to get, some think.
“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.
The source said Clinton would also favor a stint as ambassador of France, which may be an easier get.
The current ambassador to the UK, Jane Hartley, is a longtime businesswoman who raised half-a-million dollars for Barack Obama.
Hartley is 74, however, so there could be an opening if the Clintons get to work on fundraising.
Clinton has ties to the UK, having attended Oxford for her masters and doctoral degrees.
“She is 44 and has a long-held ambition for this. It’s important for her to have her own legacy,” the source said. “She has always wanted to spend more time abroad, much like Caroline Kennedy” — currently ambassador to Australia and formerly ambassador to Japan under Obama.
A spokesperson for Hillary Clinton denied that there was any attempt to curry favor for Chelsea with Harris involved in the endorsement.
“Among stupid things said by clueless people, that’s pretty high up there," they said.
