US AMBASSADOR - Robert Wood “Woody” Johnson, owner of the NFL’s New York Jets, served as the top envoy to the United Kingdom, as President Trump’s billionaire ambassador.

US Ambassador Robert Wood (Woody) Johnson attended the launching ceremony of the Mayflower 2 in Plymouth, UK at the Plymouth 400 event.

The Mayflower Autonomous Ship (MAS) is a grass roots initiative led by marine research non-profit ProMare that has potentially incongruous ties with the military Msubs. Msubs is said to have built or is building submarines for the US and Royal Navies. A similar setup was noted in 2013 with ASV Global's C-Enduro, where an ocean research vessel was being built by a company that also built autonomous or drone navy craft.

In our view, while exploring the potential of the technology for peace keeping, not for profit concerns that thump the conservation drum, should perhaps distance themselves from military ambition, so as to not only be seen to be operating in the interests of marine conservation, but in fact operating without leaning on what some may see as military underpinning, since nuclear ships operated by the military are a major cause of concern in terms of ocean pollution.  It might then be appropriate to sever what some may view as incompatible ties.

NEW PRESIDENCY - According to the Daily Express Nov 10, 2020, Joe Biden has been tipped to appoint former US President Barack Obama as ambassador to the UK. Ref. Emily Ferguson. Former US President Barack Obama is well known for the good works he started on climate change and ocean conservation. We hope that the new team are able to continue what they started, amid plans to deal with Covid 19, to rejoin the majority of the world in securing food for all, and other United Nations sustainability goals.

US AMBASSADOR

Former US President Donald J. Trump, nominated Robert Wood Johnson to be United States Ambassador to the Court of St. James’s on June 22, 2017. The United States Senate confirmed Ambassador-designate Johnson on August 3, 2017. In the Oval Office he was sworn in by Vice President Mike Pence in the presence of President Donald J. Trump on August 21, 2017. He presented his credentials to the United Kingdom’s Foreign and Commonwealth Office on August 29, 2017.

Ambassador Johnson has served for more than thirty years as the Chairman and CEO of The Johnson Company, New York, NY, a private asset management firm; and since 2000 as the Chairman and CEO of the New York Jets football team and New York Jets Foundation.

Ambassador Johnson is the Founding Chairman of the Lupus Research Alliance and worked for many years with the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation. The missions of these charities are to cure, treat and prevent Lupus and Type 1 diabetes and Ambassador Johnson has raised millions of dollars on behalf of these organizations.

Ambassador Johnson has served on the President’s Export Council, the President’s Commission on White House Fellows and he is also a member of the Council on Foreign Relations. Ambassador Johnson earned a B.A from the University of Arizona and lives in London with wife Suzanne and their two sons.

The Ambassador, or Chief of Mission, is the highest ranking American official in the United Kingdom. The position’s full title is “Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary”. It is “extraordinary” in that the Ambassador is the personal representative of the President of the United States to Her Majesty the Queen. The “plenipotentiary” in the title indicates full power to negotiate. As well as being responsible for the work of the various sections of the Embassy, the Ambassador coordinates the activities of all departments and agencies of the United States Government with representatives in Britain

The official residence of U.S. ambassadors is Winfield House, a twelve and a half acre property on the northwest side of Regents Park.