Newly elected US President Joe Biden intends to appoint openly gay Pete Buttigieg as Minister of Transportation, Reuters reported.
Earlier it was reported that Biden is considering Buttidzic’s candidacy as the future US ambassador to China. This information caused a resonance on the Chinese Internet.
Pete Buttigieg was the mayor of a city in Indiana. He is widely known for not hiding his sexual orientation. In 2018, he officially married a high school teacher Chastena Glezman, whom he met on the Internet.
“I will appoint him as Secretary of Transportation as this position addresses various related issues and opportunities that await us”, – Biden said.