President-elect Donald Trump has nominated Houston billionaire and businessman Tilman Fertitta to become the next U.S. ambassador to Italy. "Tilman is an accomplished businessman, who has founded and built one of our country’s premier entertainment and real estate companies,

Houston Rockets owner Tilman Fertitta will serve as the US Ambassador to Italy, as president-elect Donald Trump named the businessman as his pick this weekend. Fertitta, who has a long-standing relationship with Donald Trump,

Donald Trump announced Saturday that he is tapping Houston Rockets owner Tilman Fertitta to be the next ambassador to Italy, where firebrand Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni has become a European power player — and a Trump favorite.