Close advisers to President Donald Trump have cooked up a new eyebrow-raising scheme: making New York City Mayor Eric Adams ambassador to Saudi Arabia.

Forget experience—or interest, for that matter. Adams doesn’t seem to want the job, and his only apparent qualification is that he’s visited the kingdom. Still, advisers apparently think it’s a brilliant next step for a mayor whose reelection chances are melting faster than ice cream in a Manhattan summer.

Steve Witkoff, a billionaire real estate investor and Trump adviser, has been hustling the idea in recent weeks, meeting with Adams during a seemingly random trip to Florida and whispering in the ears of people around the mayor. It’s still unclear whether the White House—or Trump himself—has formally put the offer on the table.

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