Morgan Ortagus, a Donald Trump critic turned supporter, will serve as his deputy special envoy for Middle East peace.
When President-elect Donald Trump announced his choice for No. 2 Middle East peace envoy, he made it clear that he wasn’t thrilled about it. Most Read from BloombergIs This Weird Dome the Future of Watching Sports?
He doesn’t believe anything. That’s why he wins. L ast week, President-Elect Donald Trump nominated Morgan Ortagus, a longtime State Department official, to serve as a deputy special envoy for Middle East peace—and immediately undercut her.
Morgan Ortagus, an Auburndale native and a graduate of Florida Southern College, served in the Bush, Obama and first Trump administrations.
Trump named Morgan Ortagus to work under his Middle East envoy, but seemed pretty reluctant about it: "Let's see what happens."
President-elect Donald Trump expressed uncertainty about appointing former State Department spokeswoman Morgan Ortagus as deputy special envoy for Middle East peace – while announcing his decision to give her the role.
President-elect Donald Trump announced a new hire to his incoming second administration on Friday in a less than conventional manner.
US President-elect Donald Trump has decided to appoint former State Department spokesperson Morgan Ortagus as deputy special presidential envoy for Middle East peace, reports Axios. On his social media platform,
Morgan Ortagus, who has previously clashed with Trump, will serve as deputy to Steve Witkoff, the special envoy to the Middle East.
US President-elect Donald Trump has announced Morgan Ortagus as America's Deputy Special Presidential Envoy for Middle East Peace to Steven Witkoff.
US President-elect has announced the appointment of Morgan Ortagus as Deputy Special Presidential Envoy for Middle East Peace. Ortagus has extensive experience in diplomacy and national security and previously served as the spokesperson at the Department of State.
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," Trump wrote.