President-elect Donald Trump is considering naming Kimberly Guilfoyle as US ambassador to Greece, three sources familiar with the selection confirmed to CBS News. Guilfoyle, a former Fox News political fundraiser, was accompanying Trump's eldest son, Donald Trump Jr.
The transfer team declined comment. Guilfoyle's nomination required Senate confirmation.
Guilfoyle, 55, appeared on stage with the Trump family election night. She traveled the country to raise money for Trump's presidential campaign and spoke at the Republican convention in July.
“In our view, America will fight against foreign invaders and ensure that our service members are protected, not abandoned, as they carry out their dangerous missions overseas. over, because we know that we can only have peace through strength,” she said in the speech.
Guilfoyle, a lawyer by training, was a prosecutor in California early in her career before turning to television. She is divorced from Gov. Calif. Gavin Newsom.
Trump has a history of appointing family members and people with close personal ties to key positions. He has chosen Charles Kushnerhis son-in-law's father, to be ambassador to France, and he has tapped the father-in-law of daughter Tiffany Trump to become Middle East adviser.
Trump's eldest daughter, Ivanka, and her husband, Jared Kusher, were senior White House officials during Trump's first term.
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