President-elect Donald Trump mentioned Tuesday that he would nominate former Fox News persona Kimberly Guilfoyle and his longtime billionaire buddy Tom Barrack to be ambassadors to Greece and Turkey, respectively.
Trump made the bulletins in a pair of social media posts.
“For three many years, Tom efficiently managed a worldwide personal fairness agency,” Trump wrote of Barrack on Truth Social. “He is a nicely revered and skilled voice of purpose to a variety of thought leaders in each political and enterprise circles.”
Barrack, who based the personal fairness agency Colony Capital and chaired Trump’s 2017 inaugural committee, was acquitted in 2022 of expenses that he acted as an unregistered international agent for the United Arab Emirates through the Trump administration after which made false statements to the FBI.
In a separate put up asserting his choice of her for ambassador to Greece, Trump referred to Guilfoyle, who introduced in 2022 that she was engaged to his son Donald Trump Jr., as a yearslong “shut buddy and ally.”
“Kimberly is completely suited to foster sturdy bilateral relations with Greece, advancing our pursuits on points starting from protection cooperation to commerce and financial innovation,” Trump wrote.
Both positions require Senate affirmation. Guilfoyle mentioned Tuesday that she regarded ahead to securing that help.
“As ambassador, I sit up for delivering on the Trump agenda, supporting our Greek allies, and ushering in a brand new period of peace and prosperity,” Guilfoyle wrote on X.
Trump additionally named Ronald Johnson — not the senator — on Tuesday as ambassador to Mexico.
“Ron will work intently with our nice Secretary of State Nominee, Marco Rubio, to advertise our Nation’s safety and prosperity by way of sturdy America First Foreign Policies,” Trump mentioned on Truth Social.
Johnson was ambassador to El Salvador throughout Trump’s first administration, from 2019 till 2021.
Before he took on that position, he was the CIA’s science and know-how liaison to U.S. Special Operations Command and served within the Army and the Alabama National Guard.
Last month, Trump mentioned he would nominate Charles Kushner, the daddy of his son-in-law Jared Kushner, to be ambassador to France in his incoming administration.
He additionally named Massad Boulous, whose son is married to Trump’s youthful daughter, Tiffany Trump, as a senior adviser on Arab and Middle Eastern affairs.