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Donald Trump is nominating Kelly Knight Craft to be the United States’ ambassador to the United Nations. Knight is currently the US’ ambassador to Canada.

In December 2018, Knight Craft made headlines about a key UN concern when she was asked in a television interview: “Do you believe in climate change?”

She answered: “I believe there are scientists on both sides that are accurate.”

Asked if she believed “there is science that proves that man is not causing climate change”, she said: “Well, I think that both sides have, you know, their own results from their studies, and I appreciate and respect both sides of the science.”

Knight Craft, who has donated to the Republican party, is married to Joseph Kraft, a billionaire coal magnate from Kentucky.

Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) I am pleased to announce that Kelly Knight Craft, our current Ambassador to Canada, is being nominated to be United States Ambassador to the United Nations....

The president’s announcement comes a week after Trump’s first choice to replace Nikki Haley at the UN, former Fox News host and state department spokeswoman Heather Nauert, withdrew her candidacy.

