{"id":2382691,"date":"2024-12-21T19:34:02","date_gmt":"2024-12-22T00:34:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-nominates-billionaire-tilman-fertitta-for-ambassador-to-italy-washington-examiner\/"},"modified":"2024-12-21T19:35:04","modified_gmt":"2024-12-22T00:35:04","slug":"trump-nominates-billionaire-tilman-fertitta-for-ambassador-to-italy-washington-examiner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-nominates-billionaire-tilman-fertitta-for-ambassador-to-italy-washington-examiner\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump nominates billionaire Tilman Fertitta for ambassador to Italy &#8211; Washington Examiner"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">24<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Ftrump-nominates-billionaire-tilman-fertitta-for-ambassador-to-italy-washington-examiner%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2382691&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>The content\u2063 provided appears \u200dto be a fragment of HTML code, <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\">primarily consisting<\/a> \u200dof interface elements for a webpage, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/watch-live-trump-holds-conference-in-las-vegas-washington-examiner\/\" title=\"WATCH LIVE: Trump holds conference in Las Vegas - Washington Examiner\">including buttons<\/a> and a search form.\u200c The snippet includes a &#8220;Read more&#8230;&#8221; button \u2062that likely expands additional content when\u2064 clicked, as indicated by the `onclick` event handler for\u2064 the button. 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Fertitta has been <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/rigged-election-biden-won-477-counties-vs-obama-who-won-689-in-2012-yet-biden-magically-gained-13-million-more-votes-than-obama\/\" title=\"RIGGED ELECTION: Biden Won 477 Counties vs Obama Who Won 689 in 2012 - Yet Biden Magically Gained 13 Million More Votes Than Obama\">nominated<\/a> to serve as the United States Ambassador to Italy. Tilman is an accomplished businessman, who has founded and built one of our Country&rsquo;s premier entertainment and real estate companies, employing approximately 50,000 Americans,&rdquo; he said.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Tilman has a long history of giving back to the community through numerous philanthropic initiatives, which include children&rsquo;s charities, Law Enforcement, and the medical community. Additionally, Tilman is the longest serving Chairman of the Board of Regents for the University of Houston. He also owns the Houston Rockets Basketball Team,&rdquo; Trump added.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">President-elect Donald Trump nominated businessman and owner of the Houston Rockets Tilman Fertitta as the U.S. ambassador to Italy on Saturday, Dec. 21, 2024. (AP)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/washingtonexaminer.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\"><\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Fertitta&rsquo;s other business ventures <a href=\"https:\/\/www.forbes.com\/profile\/tilman-fertitta\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"include \">include <\/a>his ownership of Golden Nugget Casinos and various <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/chick-fil-a-is-facing-a-sauce-shortage\/\" title=\"Chick-Fil-A Is Facing A Sauce Shortage\">restaurant chains<\/a>. He became the owner of the Rockets in 2017 after he <a href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/nba\/story\/_\/id\/20588603\/tilman-fertitta-agrees-purchase-houston-rockets-record-price-22-billion\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"bought \">bought <\/a>the team for $2.2 billion.<\/p>\n<p>The announcement follows a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/3268199\/trump-outlines-slate-of-appointments-less-than-a-month-from-inauguration-day\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"spate \">spate <\/a>of picks from Trump earlier Saturday, including for chief of staff for the Department of Justice, the DOJ Office of Legal Policy, the administrator of the Federal Railroad Administration, and special envoy to the United Kingdom.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p> <script data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/cdn-cgi\/scripts\/5c5dd728\/cloudflare-static\/email-decode.min.js\"><\/script><script>!function(){var g=window;g.googletag=g.googletag||{},g.googletag.cmd=g.googletag.cmd||[],g.googletag.cmd.push(function(){g.googletag.pubads().setTargeting(\"has-featured-video\",\"true\")})}();<\/script><script>var _bp=_bp||[];_bp.push({\"div\":\"Brid_1916907\",\"obj\":{\"id\":\"27789\",\"width\":\"1280\",\"height\":\"720\",\"stickyDirection\":\"below\",\"video\":\"1916907\"}});<\/script><script defer src=\"https:\/\/services.brid.tv\/player\/build\/brid.min.js\"><\/script><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Trump nominates billionaire Tilman Fertitta as ambassador to Italy<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3359,"featured_media":2382692,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/tilman-fertitta-italy-ambassador.webp","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[11079,14683,9134,47239,3634],"class_list":["post-2382691","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-ambassador","tag-italy","tag-nomination","tag-tilman-fertitta","tag-trump"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/tilman-fertitta-italy-ambassador.webp","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2382691","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3359"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2382691"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2382691\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2382695,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2382691\/revisions\/2382695"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2382692"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2382691"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2382691"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2382691"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}