President Donald Trump commented on the confirmation of Mike Huckabee to serve as an ambassador of the United States in Israel, saying that Huckabe “will be fantastic.”
In the Oval office on Wednesday Trump signed The Huckabee commission as ambassador of the United States in Israel and a letter of transmission to Israeli President Isaac Herzog, “requesting that he accept” Huckabee credentials. “
The Senate voted 53-46 to confirm Huckabee, and Senator John Fetterman (D-PA) is the only Democrat who supports his nomination, Chordination to Fox News.
“It’s going to be fantastic,” Trump said. “The bacon will bring home, just even if Bacon is not too much in Israel. I had to clarify that. It’s fine, congratulations to Mike Huckabee.”
In mail In X, the office of the prime minister of Israel, Benjamin Netanyahu, congratulated Huckabee, stating that it was “a great day for the Israeli-American alliance.”
“Congrlatulations to my dear friend @govmikehuckabee when confirmed as the next ambassador of the United States to Israel,” Netanyahu said in a statement. “This is a great day for the Israeli-American alliance.”
Joel Pollak of Breitbart News reported in December 2024, that Huckabee issued a message to Israel that “they will never be alone” in their “struggle for freedom and to preserve the country and earth and the inheritance” that God gave them. His message came the duration “The Annual Gala Dinner of the ONE Israel Fund”.
Pollak wrote:
Huckabee, who would be the first evangelical Christian ambassador to Israel, has long argued that Israel should attach Judea and Samaria. He thought he warned that he will be obliged by the policy of the Trump Administration itself, is one of the Jewish and Samaria Jewish communities as a powerful lawyer of his cause.
In response to Netanyahu’s statement, congratulating him for his confirmation, the new ambassador said he was anxious to work with Netanyahu.
“Thank you @israelipm and I hope to work with you while we pray for the ‘peace of Jerusalem!” mail In X.
