{"id":2418194,"date":"2025-03-31T21:06:02","date_gmt":"2025-04-01T01:06:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-floats-grenell-and-friedman-as-un-ambassador-options\/"},"modified":"2025-03-31T21:06:55","modified_gmt":"2025-04-01T01:06:55","slug":"trump-floats-grenell-and-friedman-as-un-ambassador-options","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-floats-grenell-and-friedman-as-un-ambassador-options\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump floats Grenell and Friedman as UN ambassador options"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">18<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Ftrump-floats-grenell-and-friedman-as-un-ambassador-options%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2418194&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Former President Donald Trump has proposed two individuals, Ric Grenell and david Friedman, as potential replacements for his U.N. ambassador following the withdrawal of Rep. Elise Stefanik\u2019s nomination.Trump indicated that many people are interested in the position, which he referred too as a &#8220;star-making position.&#8221; Stefanik\u2019s nomination was pulled due to concerns over maintaining the Republican majority in Congress as the party approaches special elections in Florida. Stefanik, who previously served as the GOP conference chairwoman, is expected to remain in Congress and rejoin House leadership. Both Grenell and Friedman have served in Trump\u2019s previous administration, with Grenell holding multiple roles, including ambassador to Germany. The decision on the new U.N. ambassador is still pending, as Trump noted the interest of various candidates for the role.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">Trump floats Grenell and Friedman as UN ambassador options after Stefanik withdrawal<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_2079747\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p>President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/donald-trump\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"Donald Trump\">Donald Trump<\/a> listed special missions envoy Ric Grenell and former U.S. Ambassador to Israel David Friedman as possible replacements to serve as his U.N. ambassador after pulling Rep. <a href=\"http:\/\/washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/elise-stefanik\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Elise Stefanik<\/a>&rsquo;s (R-NY) nomination last week.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;For the replacement, we have a lot of people that have asked about it and would like to do it: David Friedman, Ric Grenell, and maybe 30 other people,&rdquo; Trump said Monday while speaking in the <a href=\"http:\/\/washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/oval-office\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Oval Office.&nbsp;<\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"recommended-stories\">\n<h2>Recommended Stories<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/3364975\/trump-signs-order-cracking-down-ticket-scalpers-kid-rock\/\">Trump signs order cracking down on ticket scalpers with Kid Rock in tow<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/3364982\/trump-love-face-obama-third-term-showdown\/\">Trump &#8216;would love&#8217; facing Obama in third-term showdown<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/3364719\/fcc-chairman-disney-fair-shake-ditch-dei\/\">FCC chairman giving Disney and other companies a &#8216;fair shake&#8217; to ditch DEI<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>Trump pulled Stefanik&rsquo;s nomination on Thursday as concerns over Republicans&rsquo; slim majority in the House grew ahead of the Florida special elections this week. Despite being nominated for the position less than a week after the November election, the Trump loyalist&rsquo;s confirmation vote had been stalled for months due to House GOP leadership&rsquo;s tight margins.<\/p>\n<p>Both Grenell, who has been a <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\">longtime foreign policy adviser<\/a> for Trump, and Friedman served in Trump&rsquo;s first administration. Grenell held <a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/richard-grenell-secretary-of-state-trump-5e7410edd659870307a5eba762f8136c\">multiple roles<\/a> during Trump&rsquo;s first term, including as U.S. ambassador to Germany and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-admin-officials-resign-following-protest-at-capitol-building-which-left-4-people-dead\/\" title=\"... admin. officials resign following protest at Capitol Building, which left 4 ... dead\">special envoy<\/a> for Serbia and Kosovo peace negotiations.<\/p>\n<p>Grenell appears to be continuing that trend, as he has also been <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/3350213\/trump-vows-fix-up-kennedy-center-first-meeting-since-takeover\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"tapped by Trump to be the Kennedy Center's interim president\">tapped by Trump to be the Kennedy Center&rsquo;s interim president<\/a> as the president looks to reshape the performing arts center.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>However, decisions on the nomination are not yet final, with Trump telling reporters that the administration has &ldquo;a lot of people that are interested.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;That&rsquo;s a star-making position. And so we&rsquo;ll see what happens. But we have a lot of people that are interested in going to the United Nations as you can imagine,&rdquo; Trump said.<\/p>\n<p>Stefanik&rsquo;s nomination was pulled in a stunning announcement on Truth Social in which the president said it was &ldquo;essential that we maintain EVERY Republican Seat in Congress&rdquo; and that he asked the New York Republican to remain in Congress with a promise to rejoin House leadership as a result.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Elise will stay in Congress, rejoin the House Leadership Team, and continue to fight for our amazing American People,&rdquo; Trump wrote. &ldquo;Speaker Johnson is thrilled! I look forward to the day when Elise is able to join my Administration in the future. She is absolutely FANTASTIC.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Stefanik served as the GOP conference chairwoman, a spot now filled by Rep. Lisa McClain (R-MI).<\/p>\n<p>While it is unclear in what capacity Stefanik will return to leadership, House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) said he is inviting Stefanik to the &ldquo;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/alert-trump-pulls-stefanik-nomination-in-painful-but-strategic-decision\/\" title=\"Alert: ... Pulls Stefanik Nomination in Painful but Strategic Decision\">leadership table immediately<\/a>.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Following Trump&rsquo;s announcement, Stefanik said <a href=\"https:\/\/abcnews.go.com\/Politics\/trump-pulls-stefaniks-nomination\/story?id=120226643\">during an interview<\/a> on Fox News that she was &ldquo;proud to be a team player.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;This is about stepping up as a team, and I am doing that as a leader, to ensure that we can take hold of this mandate and deliver these historic results,&rdquo; Stefanik said Thursday evening.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/house\/3363588\/stefanik-leader-for-trump-agenda-house\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">STEFANIK VOWS TO BE &lsquo;A LEADER&rsquo; FOR TRUMP&rsquo;S AGENDA IN HOUSE<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Republicans have been on edge ahead of the special elections to fill national security adviser Mike Waltz and former Rep. Matt Gaetz&rsquo;s House seats. While Gaetz&rsquo;s seat is solid Republican, recent polling suggests that the Democratic candidate to fill Waltz&rsquo;s seat is <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/congressional\/3363583\/josh-weil-upset-florida-special-election-seniors-veterans-angry-doge-cuts\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"gaining ground\">gaining ground<\/a> against Republican Randy Fine.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;We have a congressional election that&rsquo;s a little bit close, I guess the one that&rsquo;s in good shape, but Randy Fine is a great guy. They&rsquo;re both good candidates, but it&rsquo;s a little bit we want to be careful,&rdquo; Trump said Monday. &ldquo;I think it&rsquo;s just security.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p> <script data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/cdn-cgi\/scripts\/5c5dd728\/cloudflare-static\/email-decode.min.js\"><\/script><script>!function(){var g=window;g.googletag=g.googletag||{},g.googletag.cmd=g.googletag.cmd||[],g.googletag.cmd.push(function(){g.googletag.pubads().setTargeting(\"has-featured-video\",\"true\")})}();<\/script><script>var _bp=_bp||[];_bp.push({\"div\":\"Brid_2079747\",\"obj\":{\"id\":\"27789\",\"width\":\"1280\",\"height\":\"720\",\"stickyDirection\":\"below\",\"video\":\"2079747\"}});<\/script><script defer src=\"https:\/\/services.brid.tv\/player\/build\/brid.min.js\"><\/script><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Trump considers Grenell and Friedman for UN ambassador after Stefanik&#8217;s withdrawal<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2912,"featured_media":2418195,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/trump_march_un_ambassador.webp","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[33651],"tags":[5943,6483,3634,33628],"class_list":["post-2418194","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-western-journal","tag-friedman","tag-grenell","tag-trump","tag-un-ambassador"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/trump_march_un_ambassador.webp","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2418194","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2912"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2418194"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2418194\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2418198,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2418194\/revisions\/2418198"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2418195"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2418194"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2418194"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2418194"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}