WASHINGTON − President-elect Donald Trump has picked Richard Grenell, a detailed advisor on overseas coverage and intelligence points, to be his presidential envoy for particular missions.
Trump introduced the transfer on his Fact Social media platform, saying Grenell would “work in a few of the hottest spots across the World, together with Venezuela and North Korea.”
Thought of considered one of Trump’s staunchest loyalists, Grenell served within the first Trump administration as U.S. ambassador to Germany, the place he sparked controversy for his contentious character and administration fashion. The 58-year-old longtime GOP political operative was considered one of Trump’s most outspoken supporters throughout his first time period contained in the U.S. diplomatic corps.
Grenell then served for a brief interval as Trump’s appearing director of the Workplace of Nationwide Intelligence in 2020, a key put up overseeing the nation’s 18 intelligence businesses together with the CIA and Nationwide Safety Company. His tenure brought about strife given his lack of intelligence expertise.
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“Rick has represented our Nation exceedingly nicely and I sit up for working with him,” Trump posted on Twitter in February 2020 in asserting Grenell’s choice to the intelligence job.
Extra lately, Grenell was a featured speaker on the Republican Nationwide Conference in Milwaukee in July, the place he mentioned Trump’s strengths on nationwide safety points and what he stated have been President Joe Biden’s failures.
In September, Grenell sat in on Trump’s personal assembly with Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelenskyy at Trump Tower in Manhattan, Reuters reported. He has publicly advocated for ending Russia’s conflict with Ukraine on phrases thought of unacceptable by the Kyiv authorities.
Contributing: Reuters
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