Trump United Nations Airlines nominee supports Democrats, with unpaid taxes

Nominated President Donald Trump FOX NEWS NEWS Digital Review is a Fox News digital review of the public records of nominees, attacked as ambassador of the United Nations Office responsible for overseeing global aviation standards.

However, the White House and Trump allies have doubled their support for the nominee, saying he will help the administration “in the golden age of aviation.”

Jeffrey Anderson was attacked in July to lead ICAO when the White House published a list of nominations, ranging from ICAO ambassadors to directors of the Mint to membership of the National Labor and Industrial Relations Commission. Anderson is a U.S. Navy veteran who served in advertising Airline Captain According to his LinkedIn, it has been retired for over 34 years earlier in 2025.

ICAO is a United Nations Office based in Montreal that oversees international aviation standards, including issues related to safety, navigation and environmental protection. The role has been vacant for the past three years, with the pilot of the then former ambassador Chesley “Sully” Sullenberger resigning in 2022.

Sullenberger received widespread applause in 2009, when American Airlines pilots boarded Flight 1549 on the Hudson River, both of which were hit by the two engines, an event known as the “Hudson Miracle.”

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Anderson, a former Delta Aviation Pilots Association, whose nomination sparked an IRE from the Air Line Pilots Association, which represents nearly 80,000 pilots in the U.S. and Canada, believes his “only” qualification is to support efforts to improve the era of mandatory pilot retirement.

The union opposed the increase of mandatory retirement from 65 to 67, believing that “will make the United States an outlier in the global aviation sector and create confusion in pilot labor and international and domestic flight operations”, the group’s statement in the organization July Reading.

Fox News Digital reviews Anderson’s contribution to political campaigns and finds that he donates to a handful of Democratic candidates, often hostile to Trump and his policies.

He also donated several dollars to Republicans Nikki Haley During the 2024 campaign cycle, the current U.S. ambassador to the United Nations was slammed on the campaign, then defeated on the campaign, and then exited and recognized Trump as the Republican nominee for president.

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Anderson was Haley donated at least $200 in February 2024, according to four small donations recorded by the Federal Election Commission, when Haley and Trump were the only Republican candidates left.

The former pilot also donated to former Democratic rival Shawn Harris, who attempted to get Republican Georgia Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene in the 2024 cycle. The $100 donation was donated in September 2024 through Actblue, a Democratic fundraising agency, and designated a Democratic candidate who ultimately failed to expel Green.

Harris’ campaign includes slamming Trump and describing him as a politician who acts as “king“And threaten democracy.

Former Delta pilot Jeff Anderson was nominated for the US ICAO ambassador in July. (Nicolas Economu/Nurphoto via Getty Images)

Anderson’s political donations to Democrats last several years, including in 2017, when he made donations to Democrats, such as former Virginia House candidate Dan Ward and former Oregon Rep. Peter Defazio, both of whom received $250 donations from Anderson that year. Election Records.

Both Democrats slammed Trump and his policies in his first administration, including Defazio’s violation of the Capitol, announced after January 6, 2021: “Donald Trump poses a threat to our democracy, national security and the security of all Americans. He must evacuate it immediately.”

ICAO Office in Montreal, Canada. President Trump nominates Jeff Anderson as U.S. ambassador. (Getty Image)

Fox News Digital found that the former Delta pilot also landed in hot water for unpaid taxes. IRS records show that from 2013 to 2019, Anderson and his wife collected more than $426,000 in unpaid federal taxes over seven years, raising concerns about his financial liability. According to the form, taxes are related to “small businesses.”

“Jeffrey Anderson is not a Trump Republican at all; he is a liberal sleeper, gliding through the cracks in the PPO (Presidential Personnel Office)” a former Trump official told Anderson’s history of political donations and taxes.

When commenting on previous donations and tax issues, Anderson told Fox News that “at least, some of your information is actually incorrect or tendered.” Anderson did not respond when asked to provide additional details about “incorrect facts.”

“At least, some of your information is actually incorrect or tender. I fully support President Trump and his first agenda for the United States. I have been fully reviewed by the White House and appreciate the president’s approval, House Aviation Chairman Troy Nehls and T&I House T&I Sam Graves’ interest, and I look forward to the bond of Fox. In August, adding that Trump is seeking to “move forward effectively in Biden’s negligence space.”

Asked about Anderson’s tax history and donations to Democrats and Trump rivals, a White House official told Fox Numbers: “Jeffrey Alderson is eligible to serve as the ICAO ambassador, and he is a great choice to represent the president’s first U.S. foreign policy agenda in the international aviation community.”

Fox News Digital also contacted the State Department, which helped manage comments from potential ambassador nominees and directed the White House statement.

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The former pilot himself also held a Democratic political position in Georgia more than a decade ago. Georgia Local News The report calls him “quasi-democratic congressional candidate Jeff Anderson.” In an article published the same year, titled “The Sunken Democrats in Georgia are bad news for everyone,” Anderson was described as “ Independent candidates for 2010 For a U.S. house in Georgia District 11. ”

When the old social media post on X show Anderson celebrated former President Biden’s then-2012 DNC speech as “Good American Message: Main Concept, Not Small Concept; Democrats, but not commercially political.” While other tweets target the NRA and celebrate how Anderson “politely” representatives and gun manufacturers “face politely” in 2023.Jeffandersonpai This activity ceased in 2014.

Rep. Troy Nehls told Fox Digital that Jeff Anderson, who served as ICAO ambassador, will help the “Aerial Age” under the Trump administration (photo taken by Nathan Posner/Anadolu via Getty Images) (Nathan Posner)

Apart from defending Anderson’s nominee on the White House, Rep. Troy Nehls, Republican of Texas, serves as chairman House Transport And the Infrastructure Aviation Commission told the Fox Digital Commission that Anderson will help the “golden age of aviation” under the Trump administration.

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“As Chairman of the House Aviation Subcommittee, I am confident in Jeffrey Anderson and capable of serving as an ambassador to the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO),” Nehls commented to Fox Digital in August. “Mr. Anderson has served as a naval pilot and has more than thirty years of pilot experience. There is no doubt that he is qualified to represent the United States of America in the ICAO, and his first-hand experience in the ICAO will play a crucial role in advancing President Trump in the Aviation of Aviation Aviation of Aviation of Aviation of Aviation of Aviation of Aviation of Aviation of Aviation of Aviation of Aviation of Aviation of Aviation of Aviation of Aviation of Aviation of Aviation of Aviation of Aviation of Aviation of Aviation of Aviation of Aviation of Aviation of Aviation of Aviation of Aviation of Aviation of Aviation of Aviation of Aviation of Aviation of Aviation of Aviation of Aviation of Aviation of Aviation of Aviation of Aviation of Aviation of Aviation of Aviation of Aviation of Aviation of Aviation of Aviation of Aviation of Aviation of Aviation of Aviation of Aviation of Aviation of Aviation of Aviation of Aviation of Aviation of Aviation of Aviation of Aviation of Aviation of Aviation of Aviation of Aviation of Aviation of Aviation of Aviation of Aviation of Aviation of Aviation of Aviation of Aviation of Aviation of Aviation of Aviation of Aviation of Aviation of Aviation of Aviation of Aviation of Aviation of Aviation of Aviation of Aviation of Aviation of Aviation of Aviation of Aviation of Aviation of Aviation of Aviation of Aviation of Aviation of Avi

A pilot group’s board member, named “Experienced Pilot,” promoted aviation safety, adding that he fully supported Anderson’s nomination cited his honesty and certificate as the captain of the airline. According to its website, experienced pilots advance aviation safety, which supports Anderson’s nomination and also advocates for increasing the mandatory retirement age for airline pilots, believing that experienced pilots will lead to safer skies and can guide the next generation rather than “forced retirement of experienced pilots in the United States.”

“I feel 100% of Captain Anderson’s certificate of honesty and professionalism. Over the past 40 years, flying planes in international operations, in the Ocean Force and Delta Airlines, I worked with ICAO and IATA, and I felt Jeff was a good fit in this position because it seemed like a perfect position because the president of the United States also told the U.S. committee members.

International aviation rules currently prohibit flights airline pilots over 65 years of age. Global aviation groups such as the International Air Transport Association have called on the National Bank to consider raising the retirement age of international pilots to 67 years old. The United Nations General Assembly will be convened on September 23 and the ICAO is expected to consider the proposal.

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Anderson’s nomination was sent to the Senate in July and then referred to the Foreign Relations Committee. The nomination is currently awaiting the final confirmation process.