President-elect Donald Trump gave his newest nominee a less-than-enthusiastic rollout in an announcement Friday.
In a press launch and publish to his platform Reality Social, Trump mentioned he had chosen Morgan Ortagus to be his deputy particular presidential envoy for Center East peace. However Trump made clear he wasn’t enthusiastic about his personal choose.
“Early on Morgan fought me for three years, but hopefully has learned her lesson,” Trump mentioned. “These things usually don’t work out, but she has strong Republican support, and I’m not doing this for me, I’m doing it for them. Let’s see what happens.”
Trump added that Ortagus would “hopefully” be an asset to Steve Witkoff, the billionaire actual property government Trump tapped to be his particular envoy to the Center East.
Ortagus served as a State Division spokesperson throughout Trump’s first presidency, below then-Secretary of State Mike Pompeo. An energetic U.S. Navy Reserve intelligence officer, she’d beforehand been a contributor to Fox Information, commenting on nationwide safety points.
Trump didn’t element any disagreements he’d had with Ortagus when he introduced her nomination on Friday. However when he was working for president in 2016, Ortagus knocked Trump for his “isolationist” international coverage views, and mentioned his mockery of individuals with disabilities was “disgusting.”
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Ortagus ran for Congress in Tennessee’s fifth District in 2022, receiving Trump’s endorsement, however the Tennessee Republican Occasion eliminated her from the first poll since she had solely not too long ago moved to the state.
Regardless of Trump’s skepticism of his personal nominee, the president-elect wished Ortagus effectively working in his subsequent administration.
“Good luck Morgan!” he mentioned.
