Sullivan was hinted by US president to be up for the job in August.
Trump had hinted in August that he would nominate Sullivan, saying he was “respected very much” and recommended by Secretary of State Mike Pompeo. He is not known for his expertise on Russia but in July led a US delegation that held arms talks with Russia in Geneva, where he voiced concern about Moscow’s “development and deployment of non-strategic nuclear weapons.”
Trump has rejected the findings of the US intelligence community which said that Russia interfered in the 2016 presidential election to support the populist mogul.
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