Trump to Nominate Fox News Commentator Richard Grenell as Ambassador to Germany

[DonViejo]

Source: Mediaite




by Joseph A. Wulfsohn | 11:53 pm, September 1st, 2017

President Trump is set to nominate frequent Fox News commentator Richard Grenell as the U.S. ambassador to Germany.

Grenell had previously served as the spokesman of the United Nations under President George W. Bush. The White House praised his years of public service in their announcement, per Politico, noting he is the “longest serving United States spokesman at the United Nations (2001-2008) having served four United States Ambassadors.” He had also served as the national security spokesman for Mitt Romney‘s 2012 presidential campaign.

There had been rumors that Grenell would be tapped to be the ambassador of Germany for weeks, but it wasn’t confirmed until late Friday.

As Politico pointed out, if Grenell is confirmed, he will be the first openly gay appointee of the Trump administration.



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[left-of-center2012]

1. Was the weather girl unavailable?

[FM123]

2. Any day now he's going to appoint his barber/manicurist/tailor to some diplomatic position.....

[dalton99a]

4. +1

[mdbl]

3. Because all credible people come from Fux Nooze

of course.

[jmowreader]

5. I look at Grenell's record and think...

"Did Trump fuck up and pick someone qualified for once?"

I too would prefer someone with no Fox News ties, but this guy seems like he at least knows what diplomacy is...unlike, say, putting the disaster capitalism guy in as Commerce secretary or the brain surgeon who hates public housing as the public housing secretary.

[Sunlei]

6. has experience, Germanys government better make sure he doesn't have fox-republican spies in his

back pockets. Those fake-news-fox lies(nazi buddies)-Republicans are after Germanys democracy as well.

IMO

[Efilroft Sul]

7. IRL, I had it out with Grenell during the height of the Bowe Bergdahl story.

He is every bit the tool you'd think he is, and he's not as half as smart as he or his fanboys think he is.