They could always stay at the Embassy Suites? <\/p>\n
Some socialite ambassadors who\u2019ve been named to cushy posts by President Trump could find themselves \u201chomeless\u201d now that the administration is angling to close embassies <\/a>and consulates, political sources said.<\/p>\n Somers Farkas \u2014 a high-society fixture <\/a>at tony galas like the Central Park Hat Lunch<\/a>, who\u2019s also a trustee of the New York City Police Foundation and an honorary FDNY battalion chief \u2014 is Trump\u2019s pick for ambassador to the Republic of Malta<\/a>, pending Senate approval. <\/p>\n Somers, married to Alexander\u2019s department store heir Jonathan Farkas, served on the committee to choose Trump\u2019s White House Fellows.<\/p>\n Somers Farkas has been named ambassador to Malta by President Trump WireImage<\/p>\n Farkas is married to Alexander\u2019s department store heir, Jonathan Farkas. FilmMagic<\/p>\n Farkas is a regular on the social and philanthropy circuit, and a supporter of the NYPD and FDNY. FilmMagic<\/p>\n In December, Trump said: \u201cSomers is a model, philanthropist, documentary producer and very successful businesswoman.\u201d<\/p>\n One political insider scoffed, \u201cTrump nominated her to be ambassador to Malta\u2026 They\u2019re abolishing these embassies under DOGE <\/a>and getting rid of these.\u201d <\/p>\n The insider added, wondering of the displaced ambassadors, \u201cAre they gonna camp out?\u201d<\/p>\n Malta\u2019s embassy has reportedly been one under consideration for closure. Xinhua\/Shutterstock<\/p>\n Sources say no plans have been finalized. Xinhua\/Shutterstock<\/p>\n But a source told us that Farkas has attended ambassador training in Alexandria, Va., and \u201cshe\u2019s ready to go no matter what\u201d once she\u2019s been confirmed. <\/p>\n The source added that closing an embassy can take years and there are \u201clots of diplomatic steps that need to be taken.\u201d<\/p>\n Said the worldly source, \u201cIt\u2019s not like closing a Starbucks!\u201d <\/p>\n Another embassy under threat of closure is in Luxembourg, while embassies in the Central African Republic, Eritrea, Gambia, Lesotho, Congo and South Sudan could also reportedly close.<\/p>\n The proposed ambassador for Luxembourg is Stacey Feinberg, a board member of the Women Founders Network who has produced Broadway musicals and is a motivational speaker.<\/p>\n Other big-name ambassadors include former Fox News anchor Kimberly Guilfoyle (Greece) <\/a>and former NFL star Herschel Walker (Bahamas)<\/a>.<\/p>\n Malta has a population of about 553,000. REUTERS<\/p>\n A senior State Department official cautioned no plans have been released \u2014 and any leaked info doesn\u2019t reflect finalized plans.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"They could always stay at the Embassy Suites? Some socialite ambassadors who\u2019ve been named to cushy posts by…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":27331,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3940],"tags":[4080,16533,32,77,299,16532,285,16534,4678,16,15,6709],"class_list":{"0":"post-27330","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-celebrities","8":"tag-celebrities","9":"tag-dc-society","10":"tag-donald-trump","11":"tag-entertainment","12":"tag-europe","13":"tag-new-york-city-society","14":"tag-politics","15":"tag-socialites","16":"tag-society","17":"tag-uk","18":"tag-united-kingdom","19":"tag-washington"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/114352942487402948","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27330","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=27330"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27330\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/27331"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=27330"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=27330"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=27330"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}