Trump nominates Lee Greenwood’s wife to serve as ambassador to Barbados

September 14, 2026 / 9:06 PM EDT / CBS News

President Trump on Monday nominated Kimberly Greenwood, the wife of "God Bless the USA" singer Lee Greenwood, to serve as ambassador to Barbados and several other Caribbean countries.

Kimberly Greenwood's nomination was sent to the Senate along with dozens of other nominations for judgeships, ambassadorships and administration officials.

She was tasked to serve as ambassador to Barbados and, "without additional compensation," as the U.S.' top envoy to Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia, Antigua and Barbuda, Dominica, Grenada and Saint Vincent and the Grenadines. It's common for a single person to serve simultaneously as ambassador to Barbados and several nearby Eastern Caribbean island nations, most of which are small and do not have their own separate U.S. diplomatic posts.

Kimberly Greenwood thanked Mr. Trump in an Instagram post that included a photo of her with Lee Greenwood and the president, calling it "one of the greatest honors of my lifetime."

"If confirmed by the United States Senate, I will work every day to earn that confidence, to listen and learn, to build genuine relationships, and to make sure the people of every nation I am privileged to serve know how…

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