New York – President-elect Donald Trump is considering Richard Grenell as the U.S. ambassador to the United Nations, according to a person familiar with transition planning.
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If selected, Grenell would be the first openly gay person to hold a Cabinet-level foreign policy post. Grenell served as U.S. spokesman at the U.N. throughout President George W. Bush’s administration.
Grenell is pro-Israel and has been a critic of the Iran nuke deal.
Grenell briefly served as a foreign policy adviser to Republican Mitt Romney’s 2012 presidential campaign.
At the same time, Trump is weighing whether to select Michigan GOP chairwoman Ronna Romney McDaniel, a niece of Trump critic and 2012 presidential nominee Mitt Romney. She would be the first woman in decades to run the Republican National Committee.
“I’ll be interested in whatever Mr. Trump wants,” McDaniel told The Associated Press on Monday, adding that she was planning to seek the Michigan GOP chairmanship again.
The personnel moves under consideration were confirmed by people with direct knowledge of Trump’s thinking who were not authorized to publicly disclose private discussions. They stressed that the decisions are not final.
Trump campaign manager Kellyanne Conway says Trump will make additional appointments to his team this week
Conway told reporters at Trump Tower that the transition team is working on naming members of the incoming president’s staff and Cabinet.
Conway says incoming first lady Melania Trump is also interviewing potential aides and Trump’s team is making plans to fill the vacancy of the late Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia.
Trump on Sunday named Republican National Committee Chairman Reince Priebus as chief of staff and campaign adviser Steve Bannon as chief strategist and senior counselor.
Steve Bannon is a mistake
Nu??? And for Amb John Bolton?? He is outstanding!!! דמד
I love all these guys, how come no one cared when Van Jones was appointed
Boy YonosonW & the Neturi Karta are going to be distraught.