A screenshot of Ted Malloch's Twitter profile Ted Malloch, envoy to nowhere The man who said he was Trump’s pick for Brussels job isn’t: report.

Ted Malloch, who had loudly proclaimed that he was Donald Trump’s choice to be U.S. ambassador to the European Union, is not and never has been in the running for the job, the Wall Street Journal reported officials in Washington as saying.

According to the WSJ report on Wednesday, the U.S. State Department said this week that Malloch isn’t a candidate for the ambassadorship, while a White House official said Malloch was never under consideration.

Malloch, a university professor, had traveled around Europe disparaging the EU and its leaders in Trumpian fashion despite there being no evidence to suggest he was ever likely to get the high-level post.

He raised eyebrows by comparing the EU to the Soviet Union, saying that the bloc needs “taming.” He has also spoken disparagingly of Jean-Claude Juncker, suggesting the European Commission president “was a very adequate mayor, I think, of some city in Luxembourg and maybe he should go back and do that again.”

I will be in Brussels ahead of President Trump's visit to talk about what the new US Presidential administration means for Brexit and the EU https://t.co/ogQOs5yIXG — Ted Malloch (@TedMalloch_) May 18, 2017

"President Trump's ambassador denies that EU is ahead of UK for trade deal" Written by @cazjwheeler https://t.co/DwCSGMVpg4 — Ted Malloch (@TedMalloch_) April 24, 2017

A man who understands the US/UK shared history&values is now in the driving seat across the pond. Thank you @bbcthisweek for the interview. pic.twitter.com/NoMzWnCbrV — Ted Malloch (@TedMalloch_) February 7, 2017