President-elect Donald Trump announced Saturday that he will nominate former Buckhead cityhood leader Bill White as his ambassador to Belgium.
According to the Atlanta Journal-Constitution, White raised millions for Trump’s campaign while actively pushing for the Georgia Legislature to put a referendum on the ballot to split Buckhead into its own municipality in 2022 and 2023.
In a statement, Trump said White was a “highly respected businessman, philanthropist, author and advocate” for military and veterans, “raising over $1.5 billion for our fallen heroes.”
White, who must be confirmed by the U.S. Senate, told the AJC that he and his husband, Bryan Eure, spoke with Trump Friday and “learned how important this post is to him.”
“We look forward to working tirelessly and giving our all in support of President Trump as he implements his critically important America First policies,” White told the AJC.
In 2023, the Georgia Senate overwhelmingly rejected a Republican bill that would have paved the way for the Buckhead neighborhood to secede from the city of Atlanta.
White and backers of the secession movement blamed Gov. Brian Kemp and other Republicans of conspiring to ensure the cityhood bills would not pass in a Senate floor vote.
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2024-12-14 17:02:57
