2026-09-14T21:06:00-0400 / 哥伦比亚广播公司新闻
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更新时间：2026年9月14日 / 美国东部时间晚9:27 / 哥伦比亚广播公司新闻
特朗普总统于周一提名《上帝保佑美国》演唱者李·格林伍德的妻子金伯利·格林伍德出任驻巴巴多斯及其他多个加勒比国家大使。
金伯利·格林伍德的提名与其他数十项法官、大使及政府官员提名一同被提交至参议院。
她将被任命为驻巴巴多斯大使，同时“无额外薪酬”担任美国驻圣基茨和尼维斯、圣卢西亚、安提瓜和巴布达、多米尼克、格林纳达以及圣文森特和格林纳丁斯的首席外交代表。由一人同时担任驻巴巴多斯大使及附近多个东加勒比岛国大使是常见安排，这些国家大多体量较小，未设立单独的美国外交使馆。
金伯利·格林伍德在Instagram的一篇配文配图帖中感谢了特朗普总统，帖中包含她与李·格林伍德及总统的合影，她称这是“我一生中最荣幸的时刻之一”。
“若获得美国参议院确认，我将每日努力不辜负这份信任，倾听并学习，建立真诚的关系，并确保我有幸服务的每个国家的人民都深知美国无比珍视与他们的友谊，”她写道。
李·格林伍德在X平台上发文祝贺妻子获得提名：“我知道金会以谦逊、尊严和真诚的意愿履职，加强美国与这七个加勒比国家人民之间的友谊。”
在总统的政治生涯中，李·格林伍德始终与特朗普保持密切联系。特朗普长期将李·格林伍德的《上帝保佑美国》作为竞选集会开场曲目，近年来这位乡村歌手还曾在特朗普的部分活动中现场演唱这首爱国赞歌。特朗普还曾与这位艺人合作推出圣经产品线。
今年夏天在接受肖恩·汉尼蒂采访时，金伯利·格林伍德表示，她与总统的职业关系早于她与丈夫的相识。她曾是田纳西州小姐，在特朗普曾拥有环球小姐选美赛事期间，她与特朗普共事多年。
据佐治亚州小姐选美赛事官网的个人简介，金伯利·格林伍德曾负责田纳西州小姐、密西西比州小姐以及佐治亚州小姐的赛事运营。
“金始终以服务者的心态和对卓越的深切承诺对待每一项职责，”李·格林伍德在X平台上写道，“金在环球小姐组织期间与特朗普总统共事了18年，同时执掌多个州级选美赛事，我由衷感谢他此次再次提名她，给予她这份信任。”
特朗普远非首位任用政治盟友担任外交官的总统，但《华盛顿邮报》上月的一项调查发现，特朗普政府任用政治支持者而非职业外交官员担任大使的比例高于正常水平。许多大使职位仍处于空缺状态。
特朗普已提名支持特朗普的前参议院候选人、佐治亚州的赫歇尔·沃克和亚利桑那州的卡里·莱分别出任驻巴哈马和驻牙买加大使。特朗普的女婿贾里德·库什纳的父亲查尔斯·库什纳担任驻法国和摩纳哥大使。此前曾与特朗普长子交往的亲特朗普前福克斯新闻主播金伯利·吉尔福伊尔也被任命为驻希腊大使。
Trump nominates Lee Greenwood’s wife to serve as ambassador to Barbados
2026-09-14T21:06:00-0400 / CBS News
By Kristin Brown
Updated on: September 14, 2026 / 9:27 PM EDT / CBS News
President Trump on Monday nominated Kimberly Greenwood, the wife of “God Bless the USA” singer Lee Greenwood, to serve as ambassador to Barbados and several other Caribbean countries.
Kimberly Greenwood’s nomination was sent to the Senate along with dozens of other nominations for judgeships, ambassadorships and administration officials.
She was tasked to serve as ambassador to Barbados and, “without additional compensation,” as the U.S.’ top envoy to Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia, Antigua and Barbuda, Dominica, Grenada and Saint Vincent and the Grenadines. It’s common for a single person to serve simultaneously as ambassador to Barbados and several nearby Eastern Caribbean island nations, most of which are small and do not have their own separate U.S. diplomatic posts.
Kimberly Greenwood thanked Mr. Trump in an Instagram post that included a photo of her with Lee Greenwood and the president, calling it “one of the greatest honors of my lifetime.”
“If confirmed by the United States Senate, I will work every day to earn that confidence, to listen and learn, to build genuine relationships, and to make sure the people of every nation I am privileged to serve know how deeply America values their friendship,” she wrote.
Lee Greenwood congratulated his wife for the nomination, writing on X: “I know Kim will serve with humility, dignity and a sincere desire to strengthen the friendships between the United States and the people of these seven Caribbean nations.”
Lee Greenwood has been closely associated with Mr. Trump for much of the president’s political career. Mr. Trump has long used Lee Greenwood’s “God Bless the USA” as his rally walk-up song, and in recent years, the country singer has performed the patriotic anthem live at certain Trump events. The president also worked with the artist to sell a line of Bibles.
In an interview with Sean Hannity over the summer, Kimberly Greenwood said her professional relationship with the president predates her husband’s. A former Miss Tennessee, she worked with Mr. Trump for years in his capacity as the former owner of the Miss Universe pageant.
Kimberly Greenwood has directed the Miss Tennessee, Miss Mississippi and Miss Georgia competitions, according to a biography on the Miss Georgia website.
“Kim has always approached every responsibility with a servant’s heart and a deep commitment to excellence,” Lee Greenwood wrote on X. “Kim worked with President Trump for 18 years through the Miss Universe Organization while directing multiple state pageants, and I am deeply grateful for the confidence he has once again placed in her through this nomination.”
Mr. Trump is far from the first president to pick political allies to serve as diplomats in some cases, but aWashington Post review last month found the Trump administration has filled a larger-than-usual share of its ambassadorial posts with political supporters rather than career Foreign Service officers. Many posts remain unfilled.
The president has nominated Trump-backed former Senate candidates Herschel Walker of Georgia and Kari Lake of Arizona to serve as ambassadors to the Bahamas and Jamaica, respectively. Charles Kushner, the father of Mr. Trump’s son-in-law Jared Kushner, serves as ambassador to France and Monaco. And Kimberly Guilfoyle, a pro-Trump former Fox News host who previously dated the president’s eldest son, was chosen as ambassador to Greece.
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