What do a fast food CEO, a convicted felon, a Broadway producer, and Donald Trump Jr.'s ex-girlfriend have in common?

No, this isn't the setup for a bad joke.

It's the shortlist for Donald Trump's next batch of U.S. ambassadors to Europe.

With Trump back in the White House,

he's putting together his diplomatic lineup,

selecting nominees for key posts.

But foreign policy experience

doesn't seem to be very high

on the list of qualifications.

Instead, he's turning to business executives,

major donors, and fiercely loyal allies.

Take his nominee for ambassador to the EU, for example.

Andrew Puzder is a hamburger mogul who recently published a book about how corporations

should ditch their climate and diversity commitments.

Of course, Trump isn't the first president to favor buddies, celebrities, and partisan

operators over career diplomats. Both Democrats and Republicans have done it for decades.

And while some of his picks stand out for being highly undiplomatic, others, including Secretary

of State Marco Rubio, are actually pretty, well, conventional.

So who exactly are the key players in Washington's new delegation to Europe?

What do Trump's choices mean for the EU's place in his America-first agenda?

And will his envoys help hold the transatlantic relationship together?

Or will they be, as one of our panelists put it, forces of destruction?

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