Did Robert W. Johnson (of Johnson & Johnson) pay $1 million for his ambassadorship to the UK?

[pnwmom]

Robert W. Johnson (of the Johnson & Johnson family) gave $1 million to DT’s inauguration on November 21, 2016.

Here is a list of inauguration donors:

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1JaV4FmB9eoS78HR1WlHIZ0aw6GEqkYi6ccdiupVmfOA/htmlview?userstoinvite=[e-mail]&ts=58f9af41&actionButton=1&sle=true#gid=2076979633


Johnson was nominated to be the United States Ambassador to the United Kingdom by President Donald Trump on January 19, 2017.[14]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Woody_Johnson

Also, Todd Ricketts’s nomination to be Deputy Commerce Secretary was announced on 11/30/16. His mother, Marlene Ricketts, gave $1,000,000 to the Inaugural on 1/6/17.

Here is a list of nominations:

https://www.washingtonpost.com/graphics/politics/trump-administration-appointee-tracker/database/

DO YOU SEE ANY OTHER LINKS BETWEEN THESE TWO LISTS? I JUST QUICKLY SKIMMED THROUGH AND FOUND THOSE TWO.

[HeartachesNhangovers]

1. Yes, he probably bought an ambassadorship.

Both parties have made a practice of selling these offices for a long time. Fortunately, US ambassadors don't actually do any work. They just throw parties.

[PoliticAverse]

5. 'For several decades, presidents have generally followed a 70-30 rule...

For several decades, presidents have generally followed a “70-30” rule when it comes to such appointments
, nominating career foreign service officers for roughly 70 percent of U.S. missions abroad and reserving the rest for political allies.

(From: https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/obama-ambassador-nominees-prompt-an-uproar-with-bungled-answers-lack-of-ties/2014/02/14/20fb0fe4-94b2-11e3-83b9-1f024193bb84_story.html )

I wonder what Trump's ratio will turn out to be.

[Spider Jerusalem]

2. Obama did the same damned thing; the way ambassadors are selected is corrupt and a disgrace

(fyi Obama's ambassador to the UK, Matthew Barzun, was finance chair of Obama for America and "bundled" millions in campaign contributions).

[pnwmom]

3. And the GOP screamed about it, right? So are we supposed to just let it go? What about the job

of Deputy Commerce Secretary? Are all those appointments supposed to be pay for play also?

[Spider Jerusalem]

4. Screamed about it? Not so much.

this sort of thing goes back to Reagan, or Nixon, even. It's not a recent development. And no, I didn't say "let it go", it's corruption regardless of which side is doing it.