Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has never made any secret of her burning White House ambitions but given her own lack of electoral success in that realm, her attentions have reportedly turned to her daughter's potential as a high-ranking member of a new administration.
Inside sources have revealed that Bill and Hillary Clinton are now working to grease the wheels for their daughter, Chelsea Clinton, 44, who is interested in becoming U.S. ambassador to the United Kingdom in a prospective Kamala Harris administration, according to the New York Post.
The news of Chelsea Clinton's previously undeclared vocational interest has come from a source with inside knowledge of the family, as the Post explains.
“Chelsea really wants to be the ambassador to the U.K.,” the insider asserted.
In fact, her interest is reportedly so intense that it may have played a role in her parents' recent -- and very public -- decision to endorse Harris' campaign for the presidency.
“There's a reason why Bill and Hillary came out in the first five minutes to support Kamala's presidential bid -- they were currying favor,” the source claimed.
The insider suggested that this prospective career path for Chelsea is something that has been on the Clinton radar for a while, adding that the political power duo has been “working on this idea for a long time.”
Though reports suggest that Chelsea Clinton would also be willing to consider an ambassadorship in France, the U.K. position is the one she truly wants.
A source familiar with the workings of the British embassy opined to the Post, “I can well imagine that the U.K. ambassadorship is an aspiration for Chelsea, although she is a bit junior still... .”
The individual noted that a plumb role such as the London job “usually goes to a massive donor or fundraiser,” and despite Chelsea Clinton's obvious high-powered connections, the idea remains something out of “fantasy land.”
Even so, the source suggested that in terms of the diplomats sent to work within their borders, “Foreign countries love high-profile people as ambassadors because it brings them more attention.”
“They would rather have someone more famous and less rich,” the insider added.
Though she may be considered young for the job, Chelsea Clinton's ties to the U.K. are undeniable, in that she holds both a Master of Philosophy and a Doctorate in international relations from Oxford University, as her Clinton Foundation biography notes.
Even so, the Clinton camp has taken pains to deny that Bill and Hillary's endorsement of Harris was offered for any other reason than pure conviction, with a spokesperson saying of the notion, “Among stupid things said by clueless people, that's pretty high up there.”
