In the long tradition of presidents rewarding loyalty with diplomatic appointments, Donald Trump has nominated Kimberly Greenwood — wife of country singer Lee Greenwood and an eighteen-year veteran of Trump's Miss Universe Organization — to serve as U.S. ambassador to Barbados and six neighboring Eastern Caribbean nations. The nomination, sent to the Senate alongside judges and other officials, reflects a broader pattern in Trump's second term of favoring political allies over career Foreign Service officers for ambassadorial posts. It raises an enduring question about how nations are best rep