Washington • After two years lodged between Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin, U.S. Ambassador to Russia Jon Huntsman is leaving his post on Thursday, returning to Utah where he is weighing a bid to again run for governor.
Huntsman, who took on the role as America’s top envoy to Russia during a tumultuous time between the two world powers, said as he departs that things could have been worse if not for diplomatic efforts to stem a further slide in the relationship.
“Our tour began with the bottom falling out of America’s relationship with Russia — one that has seen only marginal improvements since,” Huntsman said in a Facebook post with his wife, Mary Kaye.