“The goal (US President Donald) Trump is to raise the level of allied relations between Turkey and the United States to the level that he deserves,” said Thomas Barrak, appointed US Ambassador to Ankara.
Barrak arrived at the airport of Ankara Esenbog at 22.10 local time.
In a short speech before the media representatives, Barrak expressed satisfaction, adding that it was a great honor for him to be on the ground, “where does his ancestors come from.”
“The goal (US President Donald) Trump is to raise an alliance between Turkey and the United States to the level that he deserves,” Barrak said, adding that the two countries have always had a great relationship.
According to him, these relations should be “extraordinary.”
The ambassador noted that Trump seeks to make Turkey and the United States stronger, and the world is better than thanks to the world and prosperity of the peoples of both countries and “great leaders of the two great nations.”
Thomas Barraq is known for his close relations with Trump and real estate successes.
April 30 in the US Senate, a vote on the candidate of the ambassador took place. As a result of voting, Barrak, who received 60 votes “for“ against 36 votes ”, was approved as an ambassador of the United States in Ankara.
Trump said that he chose the 77-year-old Barrak, who served as chairman of the oath committee in 2016, as an ambassador in Ankara.
– Who is Tom Barrak?
77-year-old Barrak was born and raised in California, received higher education at the University of South California and legal degree at the University of San Diego.
The grandson of the family of Lebanese Christian immigrants who moved to the United States in 1900 from the hall grew up in Kalver City in Los Angeles, where his father was a groceryman and his mother was a secretary.
He was interested in sports and in his student years entered the Rugby team, worked as a lawyer in Saudi Arabia.
In the 1980s, Barrak served as Deputy Minister of Internal Affairs in the administration of the 40th President of the United States Reagan and was his neighbor in the Rancho-del Siel region in California.