You turn to us for voices you won't hear anywhere else.

Sign up for Democracy Now!'s Daily Digest to get our latest headlines and stories delivered to your inbox every day.

Trump Names Failed 2017 Labor Nominee Andrew Puzder as Ambassador to EU

HeadlineJan 23, 2025

Donald Trump has named former fast-food CEO and failed 2017 labor secretary nominee Andrew Puzder to be ambassador to the European Union. Puzder was forced to withdraw from consideration as labor secretary in Trump’s first Cabinet amid allegations of domestic violence and reports of widespread sexual harassment and labor and safety violations at his chain restaurants Carl’s Jr. and Hardee’s.

The original content of this program is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 3.0 United States License. Please attribute legal copies of this work to democracynow.org. Some of the work(s) that this program incorporates, however, may be separately licensed. For further information or additional permissions, contact us.

Non-commercial news needs your support

We rely on contributions from our viewers and listeners to do our work.
Please do your part today.
Make a donation
Top