Former South Bend Mayor and Democratic presidential candidate Pete Buttigieg may have to pack his bags. President-elect Joe Biden is considering nominating Buttigieg for a high profile embassy, possibly in China.
“A Buttigieg nomination would reverse this model and give the Chinese the opportunity to meet a potential future president,” reports Axios. “That happened to George HW Bush in 1974 when President Ford called him to the US liaison office in Beijing.”
Buttigieg and Biden have an exceptionally strong relationship. The president, elected months ago, said the former mayor, who was trained as a Rhodes scholar at Harvard and Oxford, reminded him of his late son, Beau Biden.
“Letting him deepen his foreign policy skills could help Buttigieg’s future,” added Axios, “as many Democratic Party members believe his return as a presidential candidate is a matter of time, not a matter.”
Buttigieg, who won the critical Iowa caucuses in the primaries, backed Biden back in March. Biden called Buttigieg, “a man who is not only brilliant but also decent.”
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