- Guilfoyle is a former Fox News host and a major fundraiser for Trump.
Donald Trump is considering naming former Fox News host Kimberly Guilfoyle as his ambassador to Greece, according to multiple sources.
Guilfoyle, 55, studied international law and entered public life as a prosecutor in San Francisco and Los Angeles, but entered Trump’s orbit as the fiancee of the president-elect’s son, Don Jr.
Inside sources said the president couldn’t think of anyone better to represent him in a key position.
But the announcement was expected hours after DailyMail.com published photos of Don Jr. holding hands with a Palm Beach socialite, amid reports that he was moving on.
‘There are a lot of people competing for this. “It is one of the hottest positions in the world,” said a source familiar with the president-elect’s thinking.
“Not only because it’s an incredible place to live, but because it’s a hotbed of activity with everything that’s happening in Syria, throughout the Middle East and the migrant crisis.”
They added that Guilfoyle, in addition to his relationship with Don Jr., had known Trump for 20 years and had raised hundreds of millions of dollars for his campaigns.
“He wants her to represent him on the world stage,” they added.
Kimberly Guilfoyle is the favorite to be Donald Trump’s next ambassador to Greece
Guilfoyle was a Fox News host for more than a decade and has known Trump for 20 years.
‘She studied international law and will be an excellent spokesperson for Donald Trump.
“She will be the Jackie O of the MAGA movement.”
Guilfoyle was an assistant district attorney in San Francisco from 2000 to 2004.
But it was her marriage to Democratic politician Gavin Newsom that brought her to public attention, when she was first lady of San Francisco during her first two years as mayor of that city.
Insiders said that experience would help her cope with the demands of being Trump’s representative abroad.
Guilfoyle was a vocal supporter of Trump and appeared on stage with the family at the election night party in West Palm Beach.
He addressed foreign policy during his speech at the convention in Milwaukee.
He appeared with other members of the Trump family in his box at the Republican National Convention in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, in July.
Guilfoyle addressed the party faithful on the third day of the Republican National Convention.
“In our vision, America will combat foreign aggressors and ensure our service members are protected, not abandoned, as they carry out their dangerous missions abroad, because we know we can only have peace through strength,” he said in July.
But the appointment comes as her fiancé Don Jr. has been repeatedly photographed with Bettina Anderson, 38, in Palm Beach, suggesting her six-year engagement to Guilfoyle is over.
It means he will probably trade his life in Florida for Jefferson House, the residence of the American ambassador in Athens, the Greek capital.
It comes with a backyard pool and enough reception space to entertain hundreds of dignitaries.
It is named after Thomas Jefferson, who considered Greek democracy to be the most important influence on the founding of the American republic.